A box holding a Japanese hand-held fan with a photomechanically reproduced image of a female nude on one side and black brush strokes on the other side. The box also has Japanese writing. The image is the artist's self-portrait as Marilyn Monroe (as photographed by Tom Kelley, 1949.)

Ambiguous Beauty / Aimai-no-bi

Morimura, Yasumasa

1995

Artwork Information

  • Title:

    Ambiguous Beauty / Aimai-no-bi

  • Artist:

    Morimura, Yasumasa

  • Artist Bio:

    American (born in Japan) 1951

  • Date:

    1995

  • Medium:

    Wood and paper fan with wood box

  • Dimensions:

    11 1/2 x 20 inches

  • Credit Line:

    Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Peter Norton Family Foundation, Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Projects

  • Object Number:

    2010.39a,b,c

  • Display:

    Not Currently on Display