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Ambiguous Beauty / Aimai-no-bi

1995
20th century
324 x 66 x 36 mm (12.8 x 2.6 x 1.4 in.)

Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese, b. born 1951

Object Type: sculpture

Medium and Support: Color photolithograph on folding, heavyweight paper fan on black supports, in plastic wrapper in paper envelope in unvarnished wooden box

Series: from Peter Norton Family Christmas Projects

Edition: From edition of 5000 published as the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project 1995

Marks: Inscribed in black ink on verso of fan, lower right: “Morimura”; Japanese characters “Aimai no bi” printed in black ink on box lid.

Bibliography: See DAC donor file for general description of artist’s work and for accompanying card.

Credit Line: Gift of the Peter Norton family, 1995

Accession Number: 1995.40.1

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artist portraits, gender identity*, nudes*, portraits*, self-portraits, wigs*

artist portraits
gender identity - Use For Term
nudes - Representations of unclothed human figures. [February 1998 related term added, "nudity"; alternate descriptor changed, was "nude". September 1990 descriptor added.]
portraits - Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness; for representations of fictional or mythological characters, use "figures (representations)." [March 1993 lead-in term added. April 1991 descriptor m
self-portraits
wigs - Head coverings of artificial hair knotted into a shaped net foundation.

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object Dimensions: 324 x 66 x 36 mm (12.8 x 2.6 x 1.4 in.)

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Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese, b. born 1951 . Ambiguous Beauty / Aimai-no-bi, 1995. From Peter Norton Family Christmas Projects. Color photolithograph on folding, heavyweight paper fan on black supports, in plastic wrapper in paper envelope in unvarnished wooden box. object : 324 x 66 x 36 mm (12.8 x 2.6 x 1.4 in.). DAC accession number 1995.40.1. Gift of the Peter Norton family, 1995.

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