id:			160283
accession number:	1998.162
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.162
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:35.685000

Circles Plus Triangles, c. 1928. Hiromu Kira (American, 1898–1991). Gelatin silver print; image: 24.6 x 32.8 cm (9 11/16 x 12 15/16 in.); second mount: 34.3 x 41.9 cm (13 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.); first mount: 24.9 x 38.1 cm (9 13/16 x 15 in.); matted: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1998.162

title:				Circles Plus Triangles
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creation date:			c. 1928
creation date earliest:		1923
creation date latest:		1933
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Hiromu Kira (American, 1898–1991)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 24.6 x 32.8 cm (9 11/16 x 12 15/16 in.); Second mount: 34.3 x 41.9 cm (13 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.); First mount: 24.9 x 38.1 cm (9 13/16 x 15 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 in.)
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	inscription:	written in pencil on recto of mount: "H. KIRA, F.R.P.S. (signed)"; in pencil on verso of mount: "5 (circled)"; "/370"; in orange crayon: "176"; in black ink: "Circles plus Triangles/ Hiromu Kira/ 256 E. First St./ Los Angeles, Calif (crossed out)" and written over in in pencil: "945 So. Normandie Ave."; in blue crayon "115"; "65 (circled in yellow)"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Los Angeles, George J. Doizaki Gallery, April 19 - June 1, 1986: "Japanese Photography in America 1920-1940,"  listed no. 62 in exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1986-04-19T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 71, p. 119.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}

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