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Hiromu Kira
Study - Paper Work1927

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a white origami bird mounted on layered gray paper rectangles, strongly lit from the upper right, with sharp cast shadows

Hiromu Kira, Study - Paper Work, 1927, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan J. Urban

Artist or Maker
Hiromu Kira
Japan, active United States, 1898-1991
Title
Study - Paper Work
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1927
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 12 3/16 × 9 3/8 in. (30.96 × 23.81 cm) Primary support: 12 3/16 × 9 3/8 in. (30.96 × 23.81 cm) Secondary support: 14 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (36.83 × 29.85 cm) Mat: 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
28.23.3
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.

Copyright
© Hiromu Kira, 1930, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan J. Urban