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Riki Oya

A work made of chromogenic print.

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  • A work made of chromogenic print.

Date:

1991

Artist:

Mary Koga
American, 1920–2001

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.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Mary Koga

Title

Riki Oya

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1991

Medium

Chromogenic print

Dimensions

Image: 34.7 × 24 cm (13 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Support: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Mary Koga

Reference Number

2002.352

Extended information about this artwork

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