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Nakahashi Kenji
Situation1981

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Color photograph looking straight down at a rectangular plot of dark soil covered with pale, curling dried strands, bordered by dense blue-green low-growing plants

Nakahashi Kenji, Situation, 1981, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Kenji Nakahashi, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Nakahashi Kenji
Japan, active United States, 1947-2017
Title
Situation
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1981
Medium
Dye coupler print
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/16 × 13 9/16 in. (23.02 × 34.45 cm) Primary support: 11 1/4 × 14 3/16 in. (28.58 × 36.04 cm) Mat: 16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.64 × 50.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Kenji Nakahashi
Accession Number
M.82.30.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography

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