id:			141745
accession number:	1965.326
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.326
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:13.950000

Portrait of a Japanese Girl, 1960 (printed 1965). John Launois (American, 1928–2002). Dye transfer process color print; image: 46.7 x 36.2 cm (18 3/8 x 14 1/4 in.); matted: 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Photography in the Fine Arts 1965.326

title:				Portrait of a Japanese Girl
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creation date:			1960 (printed 1965)
creation date earliest:		1960
creation date latest:		1965
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creditline:			Gift of Photography in the Fine Arts
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	dye transfer process color print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* John Launois (American, 1928–2002)  - artist
John Launois American, b. France, 1928-

Photojournalist John Launois cites as his major influences photographer Joe Pazen and Howard Chapnick, former president of Black Star Agency, where Launois worked exclusively as a freelance photographer. He contributed regularly to such magazines as the Saturday Evening Post, Life, National Geographic, Newsweek, and Fortune.
	In 1960 Launois gained fame for traveling to the Soviet Union to do a story for Life, "The Trans-Siberian Express" (June 1960). Well received for its journalistic excellence, this photo essay marked the first time a Western journalist had been allowed in Siberia since 1945. For his photographs of the Tasaday people of southern Mindanao, published in National Geographic as "The Tasaday, A True Stone Age Tribe" (August 1972), Launois received the World Understanding Award from the University of Missouri School of Journalism (1973). His photo essay "50 Years of Communism" was published in the Saturday Evening Post (October 1967).
	In addition to his work in photography, Launois has also produced films and mixed-media presentations. Currently living in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, he works on magazine and corporate assignments throughout the world. A.W.
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measurements: Image: 46.7 x 36.2 cm (18 3/8 x 14 1/4 in.); Matted: 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.)
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	inscription:	Typed labels on verso: "Launois, John / *75) Japanese Bath [crossed out in pink marker] / *76) Portrait, Japanese Girl"; " 'Portrait, Japanese Girl' / Original Color Photograph / by John Launois"; in pencil: "EX [circled]"; "4 [circled]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1965
	opening date:   1965-10-27T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1965</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

	title:		Photograph Exhibition
	opening date:   1971-07-13T04:00:00
	<i>Photograph Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-September 19, 1971).

	title:		Source Material for Studio Projects
	opening date:   1972-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>Source Material for Studio Projects</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 20-August 27, 1972).

	title:		Gallery One 2012
	opening date:   2012-12-12T05:00:00
	<i>Gallery One 2012</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'New York World\'s Fair, 1965: "Photography in the Fine Arts."', 'opening_date': '1965-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, October 27 - November 14, 1965: "Year in Review 1965," CMA Bulletin, 52 (November 1965), p. 157, no. 177.', 'opening_date': '1965-10-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, The Kenneth C. Beck Center for the Cultural Arts, 1979: "Selection of Photograph from the Cleveland Museum of Art."', 'opening_date': '1979-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Gallery One Rotation, November 3, 2014 - April 21, 2015.', 'opening_date': '2014-11-03T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 220
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