Provenance: Marianne Boesky Gallery, NY

Exhibited: January 11 - February 9, 2008 "Masked Portrait", Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York

Literature: "Shomei Tomatsu: skin of the nation", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in association with Yale University Press, New Haven, 2004, P.41, fig.19／ "Aichi Mandala: The Early Works of Shomei Tomatsu", Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, The Chunichi Shimbun, 2006, cover page／ "Tomatsu Shomei: photographs", Exhibition executive committee, Musée municipal de beaux-arts de Nagoya, 2011, P.40

Condition: There are a few scratches on the upper left side and lower left side. There are also crease marks in each corner, scratches in places and minor scratch mark on the left of center part. The artwork is mounted on a mat with adhesive tapes. It is printed “STO.1989” on the label of Marianne Boesky Gallery on the back of the frame, however it is a misprint and the actual printed year of this Lot is 1998, as stated in the exhibition catalogue in which this work was exhibited.