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Diary: March 5th '87, at 2-12-4 Kikkodai Kashiwashi (a)

1987

Tetsuya Noda

(Japanese, 1940-)

Japan, 20th century

Woodcut and photoscreenprint

Support: Japanese paper

Sheet: 74 x 141.7 cm (29 1/8 x 55 13/16 in.); Image: 56.7 x 118.9 cm (22 5/16 x 46 13/16 in.)

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ward Collection Fund 1996.258

Edition: 15, HC 1, AP 3

Location

not on view

Description

Noda photographs his surroundings to record personal experiences at a specific time and place, creating a visual diary. Here, he emphasized the monotonous quality of this inhospitable urban scene, devoid of figures, by printing the image from a woodblock on a solid white background. The result is a generalized, rather than personal, evocation of memory that underscores the dehumanized nature of modern life.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed in graphite; thumb stamped in orange ink; and titled "Diary: March 5th '87, at 2-12-4 a.p. Edition 15, HC 1, AP 3"

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 19 - May 28, 2000. "East Meets West: Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints."

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".

East Meets West: Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-May 28, 2000).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1996.258