The Drop Forge
c. 1925
Artist, Japanese, 1887 - 1963

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 33.7 × 22.5 cm (13 1/4 × 8 7/8 in.)
mount (1): 34 × 22.9 cm (13 3/8 × 9 in.)
mount (2): 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.) -
Accession
2022.94.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Harry Kinzi Shigeta; Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, August 1935; (Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco); (Lawrence Miller Gallery, New York), March 2022; NGA purchase, 2022.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
signed by artist, lower right below image in graphite: H.K. Shigeta; lower left: Drop Forge; bottom right Shigeta/Wright label printed in black ink on applied paper; on verso, center printed in black ink on orange applied label: THIS PRINT / IS THE PROPERTY OF THE / Museum of Science and Industry / Founded by Julius Rosenwald / Chicago, Illinois / Donor Shigeta-Wright-Chicago / Date Aug. 1935 Museum Access. No. 35.91.25; lower right Museum of Science and Industry stamp in black ink; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite underlined: 35.92.25; bottom right: HSH06 01