Ellis Island 16

1988

Madoka Takagi

Associated Names
Madoka Takagi

Artist, American, born Japan, 1956 - 2015

The image shows a large photograph of a woman wearing a fur coat on an old newspaper or magazine page, with the headline "Magnificent" visible. The color scheme is mainly grayscale. The newspaper is slightly askew in the center right of the image, surrounded by torn paper, paint chips, and debris. A patterned fabric drapes along the top and left side, while a dried leaf is to the left of the newspaper. Surrounding text and images suggest other sections of the torn newspaper or magazine.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on lightweight wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mitchell and Nancy Steir

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.1 x 19.2 cm (9 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.4 x 36.6 cm (14 5/16 x 14 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.163.15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Madoka Takagi, New York; (Solomon Fine Art, Monarch Beach, CA); Mitchell and Nancy Steir, New York; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by artist, across bottom in graphite: Ellis Island 016 1988 MADOKA TAKAGI PRINT MADOKA TAKGI; lower right: 016

Wikidata ID

Q64157662

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