The Wire #4

c. 1925

Kumezu Ota

Associated Names
Kumezu Ota

Artist, Japanese, 1877 - 1934

The image shows multiple large rolls of wire mesh in a uniform pattern. The color palette is sepia tones, giving it a vintage appearance. The rolls are arranged in rows, extending from the bottom left to the top right of the image, with each subsequent row slightly elevating in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Scott Nathan and Laura DeBonis Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 25.7 × 33.6 cm (10 1/8 × 13 1/4 in.)
    mount: 54.9 × 45.7 cm (21 5/8 × 18 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.94.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Keith De Lellis Gallery, New York); (Lawrence Miller Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso of mount, by artist, top left in black ink: The Wire #4; on recto of mount, bottom left stamped in blue ink: 231; on verso of mount, upper left artist stamp in black ink; by unknown hand, upper left in orange crayon: 03; upper left in brown crayon circled: A; center 1928 Pittsburgh Salon of Photographic Art exhibition label; by unknown hand, center right printing notes in graphite; bottom center: 18 x 22; bottom right 231

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