TOMOKO MIHO (1931-2012) 65 BRIDGES TO NEW YORK. 1968. 29 1/2x45 inches, 75x114 1/4 cm. Darien House, Inc., New York. Condition B+: creases and abrasions in margins and image; pin holes along right and left edges; small stain in lower left corner. Paper. One in a series of 10 images entitled, "Aspects of New York," published by the Container Corporation of America (CCA). The series contains the work of both Miho and Peter Teubner. John Massey, the art director of the CCA after Walter Paepke's death, considered Miho "a master of dramatic understatement," and this image lends weight to George Tscherny's observation that she was "a minimalist and modernist in the best sense of the term." It is highly poetical, employs strong colors (which erase all realistic detail), yet is constructed with disarming, uncluttered ease. A similar low-key approach is applied to the typography. Müller-Brockmann 279, Images 93, Power of the Poster p. 209, MoMA 497.1978.
