Mother's #19

2001, printed 2014

Ishiuchi Miyako

Associated Names
Ishiuchi Miyako

Artist, Japanese, born 1947

The image shows a plastic brush with many bristles tangled with strands of dark hair, positioned upright in a translucent glass or cup. The color palette is grayscale, with shades of white, gray, and black dominating the scene. The brush is centrally placed in the frame with the glass base visible at the bottom, and the background is blurred and indistinct.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Charina Endowment Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.9 × 19.4 cm (11 3/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 30.48 × 25.4 cm (12 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.50.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ishiuchi Miyako, Tokyo; (Michael Hoppen Gallery, London); NGA purchase, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist along bottom edge in graphite: Ishiuchi Miyako "Mother’s" #19. 2001/2014 ed 6/15.

Wikidata ID

Q64155412

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