Ellis Island 31

1988

Madoka Takagi

Associated Names
Madoka Takagi

Artist, American, born Japan, 1956 - 2015

The image shows a closed, weathered wooden door with peeling paint, accompanied by two pieces of draped and tattered fabric attached to the adjacent walls. The color palette consists mainly of shades of gray, giving the image a monochromatic and aged appearance. The door is centered in the image, with one piece of fabric hanging from the wall beside the door frame and resting on the floor, while the other fabric is draped over a hook, descending toward the floor.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on lightweight wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mitchell and Nancy Steir

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.2 x 19.2 cm (9 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.7 x 36.5 cm (14 7/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.163.18

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 031 1988 MADOKA TAKAGI PRINT MADOKA TAKAGI; lower left: 088; lower right: 031

Wikidata ID

Q64157656

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