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Ordeal by Roses #3

Artist/Maker Eikoh Hosoe (Japanese, b. 1933)

CultureJapanese

Date1961

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 5/8 × 7 3/4 in. (29.5 × 19.7 cm)
Overall: 11 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (30.3 × 25.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)

InscribedSigned and titled in Japanese, with print date in pencil with two photographer's copyright stamps on print verso

Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank

Object number2003.15

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a vintage gelatin silver print.

Label TextEikoh Hosoe Japanese (b. 1933) Ordeal by Roses #3, 1961 Gelatin-silver print Purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 2003.15 The second son of a Buddhist priest, Eikoh Hosoe was born in Yonesawa, Japan, and brought to Tokyo shortly thereafter. He first came to prominence with his 1961 book Man and Woman, but it was his body of work known as Ordeal by Roses, or Barakei, that solidified his position as the best-known contemporary Japanese photographer. Portraying the acclaimed Japanese author Yukio Mishima as the central figure in a complexly orchestrated photographic drama, this work was first published in 1963 as Killed by Roses. In 1971, a new edition of the book changed the name to Ordeal by Roses. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 09/2004 Approved By: MHM Approval Date: 09/21/2005ProvenanceEikoh Hosoe, Tokyo, Japan, 1961-2003; Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, N.Y., 2003; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, 2003. Exhibition History"Eikoh Hosoe: Telling Stories," Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, N.Y., March 9 - April 21, 2001. "Photography Speaks," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, September 4, 2004 - January 2, 2005.