The Artist; Private Collection, New York City; Singer Gallery, Petaluma, California; Private Collection, Sacramento, California; Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, Texas; Hal Gould, acquired 2003; Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, Photographs Signature Sale, October 1, 2024, lot 73268; Private collection, acquired from the above; Private collection, gift from the above.

W. Eugene Smith (American, 1918-1978) Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath, 1971 Gelatin silver print 7-3/4 x 12-7/8 inches (19.7 x 32.7 cm) (image/sheet) Signed and titled in pencil, mount recto. PROVENANCE: The artist; Private Collection, New York City; Singer Gallery, Petaluma, California; Private Collection, Sacramento, California; Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, Texas; The Collection of Hal Gould, Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, acquired 2003; Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, Photographs Signature Auction, October 1, 2024, lot 73268; Private collection, acquired from the above; Private collection, gift from the above. LITERATURE: The Concerned Photographer 2, ICP/ Grossman, New York, 1972; W. E. Smith and A. Smith, Minimata, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1975, pp. 138-139; W. Johnson and J. Enyeart, W. Eugene Smith: Master of the Photographic Essay, Aperture, NY, 1981, pl. 36:052, p. 214; Let Truth Be The Prejudice: W. Eugene Smith, His Life and Photographs, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986, np. A dreadful disease was crippling hundreds of people in the Japanese city of Minimata. The source of the illness had been traced to the pollution of the sea and fish by mercury waste from the Chisso chemical factory. Protests against the factory were reaching fever pitch when Smith and his wife Aileen arrived in the city. Smith documented their suffering with an unflinching eye and championed their demonstrations... Smith wrote to LIFE HID12401132022 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

Overall excellent condition. A few minor spots of edge chipping. Sheet is dry mounted to mat board of 16 x 20 inches. Cornered to a window mat and framed under glass to 20-1/2 x 25-1/2 inches.