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Tai Sing Loo
Steam Rising From the SeaApril 18, 1926

Not on view
Black and white photograph mounted on dark cardboard, showing a massive steam cloud billowing above jagged lava rocks at the ocean's edge, with choppy waves in the foreground
Artist or Maker
Tai Sing Loo
American, 1886 - 1971
Title
Steam Rising From the Sea
Culture
Hawaiian
Place Made
Kingdom of Hawai'i (annexed by United States), Kona, Hoʻōpūloa Bay
Date Made
April 18, 1926
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Primary support: 4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (11.75 × 16.83 cm) Secondary support: 6 7/8 × 9 7/16 in. (17.46 × 23.97 cm)
Credit Line
Partial gift of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn and purchased with funds from LACMA's 50th Anniversary Gala and FIJI Water
Accession Number
M.2015.33.3105
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Art of the Pacific