Jaguar XKE, Jantar Mantar, Jai Singh Observatory, Jaipur India (R7)
Photograph
Jaguar XKE, Jantar Mantar, Jai Singh Observatory, Jaipur India (R7)
From Ryoichi Excavations
1988
Gelatin silver print, printed 2001
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Image: 5 7/8 × 7 13/16 in. (15 × 19.8 cm)
Paper: 7 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (20.1 × 24.9 cm)
Gift of Geoffrey B. West, 2005
2005.0936.0009
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink on recto BL to BR: JASGUAR XKE, JANTAR MANTAR, JAI SINGH OBSERVATORY, JAIPUR, INDIA 1988/2001 R7/t
Signature inscribed in black ink on recto BR: PATRICK NAGATANI
[no inscription verso]
Signature inscribed in black ink on recto BR: PATRICK NAGATANI
[no inscription verso]
TextThis narrative of this series is as follows:
Nagatani "informs" us that in 1985, a Japanese archeologist named Ryoichi received a mysterious set of maps that led him to excavate numerous historic and contemporary sites around the world noted for their cultural significance. For 15 years, Ryoichi and his team secretly excavated these sites. At each location, they unearthed a different make of car. Ryoichi had discovered a worldwide "automobile culture" that appeared to parallel our own, although it was anachronistic, both historically and geographically. After unearthing the artifacts, Ryoichi's team covered up all evidence of their digs, but not before Nagatani had photographed each site, providing the only existing record of Ryoichi's discoveries. (source, Andrew Smith Gallery)
Nagatani "informs" us that in 1985, a Japanese archeologist named Ryoichi received a mysterious set of maps that led him to excavate numerous historic and contemporary sites around the world noted for their cultural significance. For 15 years, Ryoichi and his team secretly excavated these sites. At each location, they unearthed a different make of car. Ryoichi had discovered a worldwide "automobile culture" that appeared to parallel our own, although it was anachronistic, both historically and geographically. After unearthing the artifacts, Ryoichi's team covered up all evidence of their digs, but not before Nagatani had photographed each site, providing the only existing record of Ryoichi's discoveries. (source, Andrew Smith Gallery)
