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Ken Ohara, ONE, 1970, printed 1998, gelatin silver print, image: 20 7⁄8 × 18 1⁄8 in. (53.0 × 46.0 cm) sheet: 24 × 20 in. (61.0 × 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Setsuko Ono, 2017.44.1
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Artwork Details
- Title
- ONE
- Artist
- Date
- 1970, printed 1998
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 20 7⁄8 × 18 1⁄8 in. (53.0 × 46.0 cm) sheet: 24 × 20 in. (61.0 × 50.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Setsuko Ono
- Mediums Description
- gelatin silver print
- Classifications
- Highlights
- Subjects
- Figure — fragment — face
- Object Number
- 2017.44.1
Artwork Description
In 1962, Ken Ohara moved from Tokyo to New York City, where he worked as an assistant to photographers. On his days off, he photographed on the streets and in city parks, gathering faces for ONE. Originally published as a book without text, Ohara thought of this collection of over five hundred portraits as "a telephone book of faces."