id:			170130
accession number:	2012.340
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.340
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:53.883000

Mummified Porsche, From the Area of the Tomb of Horemheb, Saqqara, Egypt (R3/=), 1986. Patrick Nagatani (American, 1945–2017). Toned gelatin silver print; image: 15.1 x 20 cm (5 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.); paper: 20.2 x 25.1 cm (7 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2012.340 © Patrick Nagatani

title:				Mummified Porsche, From the Area of the Tomb of Horemheb, Saqqara, Egypt (R3/=)
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creation date:			1986
creation date earliest:		1986
creation date latest:		1986
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
copyright:			© Patrick Nagatani

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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: 20.2 x 25.1 cm (7 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in black marker in bottom margin of recto: "MUMMIFIED PORSCHE, FROM THE AREA OF THE TOMB OF HOREMHEB, SAQQARA, EGYPT 1986/2001 R3/(symbol?) PATRICK NAGATANI (signed)"
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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).

	title:		Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt
	opening date:   2016-02-06T00:00:00
	<i>Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 6-May 24, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Unknown before acquisition by George Stephanopoulos.
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wall description:
This scene is part of a saga of archaeological exploration imagined and brought to life by Nagatani. Traveling the globe between 1985 and 2000, a Japanese scientist named Ryoichi (the artist’s alter ego) led a team of scientists and archaeologists to document 13 of 30 archaeological sites, each of which contains a remarkably well-preserved, low-mileage automobile that <em>must </em>have been buried there <em>centuries </em>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 at the final site.
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