Chuzo Tamotzu
Artist
Anne Noggle
(American, 1922 - 2005)
Datecirca 1965–75
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 1/2 in. (24.4 × 19.1 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Louise Tamotzu, 1983
Object number1983.23
DescriptionA head-shot portrait of the Japanese artist Chuzo Tamotzu. He is seen covering a smile or grin with his hand over his mouth and appears to be laughing. His hair is disheveled and the effects of aging are shown by the numerous wrinkles on his forehead and around his eyes. He holds a black pen in one hand and a book or newspaper in the other.eMuseum Notes
Chuzo Tamotzu, (1891-1975), was a self-taught painter born in Japan. He came to New York in 1920 and relocated to Santa Fe in the late 1940s. Noogle met Tamotzu sometime after she relocated to New Mexico. Noggle was in Santa Fe around the same time and would certainly have been aware of Tamotzu as a figure in the local art scene. In a conversation with Noggle's longtime friend and studio assistant Jim Holbrook and Noggle's niece Dale Pease, they mentioned that Tamotzu "lived at the end of Garcia Street" and was often seen around town.
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