Ellis Island 53

1988

Madoka Takagi

Associated Names
Madoka Takagi

Artist, American, born Japan, 1956 - 2015

The image shows multiple overturned and decayed chairs spread across an outdoor setting. The color palette is grayscale. Various chairs are placed on the ground, with one prominently upside down in the foreground. A fallen branch or small tree with leaves is on the right side. The background includes a wall of a building with a partially visible structure and barred windows on the left, and an exit sign on the right.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on lightweight wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mitchell and Nancy Steir

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.2 x 24.2 cm (7 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 36.6 x 36.4 cm (14 7/16 x 14 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.163.21

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 053 1988 MADOKA TAKAGI PRINT MADOKA TAKAGI; lower right: 053

Wikidata ID

Q64157660

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