Harry Shigeta

Motor Rhythm
c. 1930–1935

A sepia-toned photograph depicting a series of large, industrial metal wheels, possibly part of a machine or engine, with intricate spokes and gears visible. The image is mounted on a beige card with handwritten text at the bottom left and a signature at the bottom right, along with a stamp of the photographer's studio name, "Shigeta Wright."
A sepia-toned photograph depicting a series of large, industrial metal wheels, possibly part of a machine or engine, with intricate spokes and gears visible. The image is mounted on a beige card with handwritten text at the bottom left and a signature at the bottom right, along with a stamp of the photographer's studio name, "Shigeta Wright."

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Date
c. 1930–1935

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 1/8in. (26 × 33.3 cm) Image: 10 1/4 × 13 1/8in. (26 × 33.3 cm) Mount (board): 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Accession number
2022.5

Edition
Edition unknown

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/65313

Harry Shigeta
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