LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gelatin silver print

Measurements:

6.38 in. (16.20 cm.) (height) by 9.65 in. (24.50 cm.) (width)

Edition:

unique

Markings:

signed and titled 'Toward [sic] the City' in English, annotated 'Leica M-4/Elmarit 28m F2.8/Aperture F 5.6, 1/125 seconds, Tri-X/Sapporo city' in Japanese in pencil on verso

Literature:

Nakahira, Takanashi & Taki, Provoke 1, Provoke-sha, 1968, pp.36-37 (fig.1); this print reproduced in Takanashi, Toshi e, self-published, 1974, pl.8; Photography and The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 1953-1995, The National Musem of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1995, p.57, pl.67; Takanashi Yutaka: Nihon no shashinka 35 [Japanese Photographers, Vol.35], Iwanami Shoten, 1998, pl.16.

Provenance:

Gift of the artist to his assistant, 1974; acquired by present owner.