The Path of the Wind, Nagoya, Aichi

© Estate of Shomei Tomatsu

The Path of the Wind, Nagoya, Aichi

Currently not on view

The Path of the Wind, Nagoya, Aichi,

1951, printed 2000

Shōmei Tomatsu 東松照明, 1930–2012, born Nagoya, Japan; died Naha, Japan; active Tokyo, Japan, and Nagasaki, Japan
2000-300

Information

Title
The Path of the Wind, Nagoya, Aichi
Dates

1951, printed 2000

Maker
Shōmei Tomatsu 東松照明
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 37.2 x 33.3 cm. (14 5/8 x 13 1/8 in.) sheet: 50.7 x 40.9 cm. (19 15/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Duane Wilder, Class of 1951
Object Number
2000-300
Place Depicted

Asia, Japan, Nagoya

Inscription
Dated and signed in graphite, verso lower right corner: 1951 Tom
Culture
Japanese
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
buildings, walls, destruction, shadows

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