Ellis Island

1988

Madoka Takagi

Associated Names
Madoka Takagi

Artist, American, born Japan, 1956 - 2015

This is a photograph of an abandoned, curved hallway with large windows. The photograph shows a walkway inside a neglected structure with large, rectangular windows on both curved walls. The outdoor environment is visible through the dusty glass. The ceiling and walls show decay and peeling paint. Light from the windows creates shadows on the debris-littered floor. The windows have metal frames, with some panes open or missing, indicating the building's abandoned state.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary B. Sokol

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.2 × 19 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 35.3 × 35 cm (13 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.108.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York); Gary Sokol, San Francisco; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom center in graphite: MADOKA TAKAGI; on recto, by artist, bottom left in graphite perpendicular: 2; on verso, by artist, bottom left in graphite: "Ellis Island" 1988 PRINT 1993

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