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Kaye Shimojima
Edge of Pondcirca 1928

On view:
Geffen Galleries
Sepia-toned photograph looking down onto a pond surface covered in dark algae patches and lily pads, with a single white water lily bloom at lower right

Kaye Shimojima, Edge of Pond, circa 1928, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Karl Struss, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kaye Shimojima
Japan, active United States, active 1920s-30s
Title
Edge of Pond
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1928
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 1/2 × 10 9/16 in. (34.29 × 26.83 cm) Primary support: 13 1/2 × 10 9/16 in. (34.29 × 26.83 cm) Secondary support: 16 × 12 1/2 in. (40.64 × 31.75 cm) Mat: 22 × 18 in. (55.88 × 45.72 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Karl Struss
Accession Number
28.24.2
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography

  • Barron, Stephanie, S. Bernstein and I. S. Fort, with essays by Stephanie Barron, Sherri Bernstein, M. Dear, Howard N. Fox and Richard Rodriguez. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Berkeley: University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000.

  • Asian American Modern Art, Shifting Currents, 1900-1970.
    University of California Press. Berkeley, CA. 2008
  • Making Waves: Japanese American Photography, 1920-1940. Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum, 2016.