id:			169470
accession number:	2011.303
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.303
updated:		2023-08-24 00:50:06.337000

Artifact 15:8  1991 R15/+ Artifact 8:4 1988 R8/, 2001. Patrick Nagatani (American, 1945–2017). Gelatin silver print; paper: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.); right image: 15 x 11.1 cm (5 7/8 x 4 3/8 in.); left image: 15 x 11.1 cm (5 7/8 x 4 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2011.303 © Patrick Nagatani

title:				Artifact 15:8  1991 R15/+ Artifact 8:4 1988 R8/
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creation date:			2001
creation date earliest:		2001
creation date latest:		2001
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
copyright:			© Patrick Nagatani

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culture:	America, 21st century
technique:	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: Paper: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.); right image: 15 x 11.1 cm (5 7/8 x 4 3/8 in.); left image: 15 x 11.1 cm (5 7/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed, titled, dated and numbered 27/30 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, Cleveland, OH (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 archeological 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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