Hiro

Ping-Pong Diplomacy
1971

A close-up black and white photograph of a person's hand holding a table tennis paddle, with a ping pong ball in motion across the table. The net is visible in the background, and there are handwritten inscriptions at the bottom of the image.

A close-up black and white photograph of a person's hand holding a table tennis paddle, with a ping pong ball in motion across the table. The net is visible in the background, and there are handwritten inscriptions at the bottom of the image.

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Date
1971

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Image: 11 15/16 × 9 1/16in. (30.3 × 23 cm) Mount (board): 13 1/2 × 10in. (34.3 × 25.4 cm)

Accession number
2000.197

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Richard Deems

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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