About this artwork
This is one of approximately 100 portraits that Mary Koga made of elderly Issei, first-generation Japanese immigrants that she met through Chicago’s Japanese American Service Committee. Koga was a social worker who turned to pho-tography late in life. Born in Sacramento, California, Koga had just graduated college when she was incarcerated—among other American residents of Japanese descent during World War II—by the federal government. After her release, Koga relocated to Chicago, where she completed a master’s degree in social work from the University of Chicago and an MFA in photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Photography and Media
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Artist
- Mary Koga
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Title
- Riki Oya
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1991
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Medium
- Chromogenic print
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Dimensions
- Image: 34.7 × 24 cm (13 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Support: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of the Estate of Mary Koga
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Reference Number
- 2002.352
Extended information about this artwork
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