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Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du Mal)

2006

Eikoh Hosoe

(Japanese, b. 1933)
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Culture
Japan
Medium
10 bound platinum prints, 1 freestanding platinum print
Credit Line
Museum Appropriation 2010.197.2.a
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented black-and-white photograph depicts a nude male torso with a light skin tone from the waist up, facing right. His right arm bends toward the center, hands cradling two small, light-colored birds against his chest. The birds face each other. Dramatic light from the left highlights his musculature against a dark background. A white border surrounds the image, featuring a handwritten signature in the bottom right corner.

Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du Mal)

2006

Eikoh Hosoe

(Japanese, b. 1933)
Japan

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