HIROMU KIRA (1898-1991)

Circles Plus Triangles

Details

HIROMU KIRA (1898-1991)
Circles Plus Triangles
Gelatin silver print. circa 1929. Signed and annotated F.R.P.S. in pencil on the mount; credit and title in ink with exhibition labels affixed to the reverse of the layered mount.
9¾ x 13in. (24.8 x 33cm.) Framed.

Exhibited

International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography, Darwen, 1929;
Birmingham Photographic Society's Exhibition, 1930;
IIème Salon International D'Art Photographique, Bethune, 1931.
Japanes Photography in America: 1920-1940, Doizki Gallery, Los Angeles, 1986 and thereafter, Oakland Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art (travelling) and Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C.

Lot Essay

Born in Hawaii and raised primarily in Japan, Kira did not begin to explore his interest as an amatuer photographer until he settled in Seattle in the early 1920s. His passion for photography grew quickly and by 1924 he became a founding member of the Seattle Camera Club. Early in his career he was closely associated with the Pictorialist movement, yet by 1926 when he moved to Los Angeles Kira's work took a new direction. Upon seeing several exhibitions of Weston's work, Kira developed a new interest for still-life.