id:			170131
accession number:	2012.341
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.341
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:53.889000

BMW Roadster, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania (R4), 1987. 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 2012.341 © Patrick Nagatani

title:				BMW Roadster, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania (R4)
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creation date:			1987
creation date earliest:		1987
creation date latest:		1987
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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: "BMW ROADSTER, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA 1987/2001 R4/(Asian symbol) PATRICK NAGATANI (signed)/22/30"
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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

	Unknown before acquisition by 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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