Toyo Miyatake

Watchtower
c. 1943

A black and white photograph of a wooden guard tower with a spherical structure on top, standing in a field with a backdrop of rugged mountains and a clear sky. A full moon is visible in the sky above the mountains. The image shows signs of wear with scratches and dust marks.
A black and white photograph of a wooden guard tower with a spherical structure on top, standing in a field with a backdrop of rugged mountains and a clear sky. A full moon is visible in the sky above the mountains. The image shows signs of wear with scratches and dust marks.

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Date
c. 1943

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 1/2in. (24 × 19.1 cm) Image: 9 3/8 × 7 3/8in. (23.8 × 18.7 cm) Mount: 16 1/16 × 13 1/4 × 1/16in. (40.8 × 33.7 × 0.2 cm)

Accession number
2014.244

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Toyo Miyatake Studio

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