id:			169430
accession number:	2011.276
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.276
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:48.717000

Mercedes 500SL, Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.S.A. (R20)
, 1994. Patrick Nagatani (American, 1945–2017). Toned gelatin silver print; image: 15.1 x 20 cm (5 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.); paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2011.276

title:				Mercedes 500SL, Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.S.A. (R20)

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creation date:			1994
creation date earliest:		1994
creation date latest:		1994
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	toned gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Patrick Nagatani (American, 1945–2017)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 15.1 x 20 cm (5 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed, titled, dated and numbered 22/30 in ink in the margin 
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Constructed Identities
	opening date:   2014-12-14T00:00:00
	<i>Constructed Identities</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 14, 2014-April 26, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	George Stephanopoulos
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wall description:
Which is more useful to humanity: fact or myth, science or faith? This question is central to the saga imagined and brought to life by Nagatani of the archeological explorations led by the artist’s alter ego, Japanese scientist Ryoichi. Traveling the globe between 1985 and 2000, Ryoichi’s team locates and documents 13 of 30 archaeological sites, each of which contains a remarkably well-preserved, low-mileage automobile that must have been buried there centuries earlier. Photographs, stills from video documentation, artifacts, and pages from Ryoichi’s journal serve as scientific "proof" that time may not be linear. "If fiction has given more to us than fact, then this is the greatest truth," writes Ryoichi/Nagatani in his journal at the thirteenth and final site.
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