I'd Like to Think While inside the Body of a Horse
A 1964 gelatin-silver photograph by Japanese Surrealist photographer Kansuke Yamamoto, originally published in the Asahi Shimbun to illustrate a poem of the same title by Hideo Oguma, and now held by the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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- Established
- 1964
- Country
- Japan
- Artist
- Kansuke Yamamoto (1914-1987)
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- Gelatin-silver print
- Original publication
- Asahi Shimbun, 9 February 1964, illustrating a poem of the same title by Hideo Oguma
- Collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum (accession 2009.17.18)
Overview
“I’d Like to Think While inside the Body of a Horse” is a 1964 gelatin-silver photograph by the Japanese Surrealist photographer Kansuke Yamamoto (1914-1987). According to the J. Paul Getty Museum’s own collection record, it was originally published in the Asahi Shimbun on 9 February 1964 as a photographic illustration to a poem of the same title by Hideo Oguma (J. Paul Getty Museum).
Collection and exhibition history
The work is held by the J. Paul Getty Museum under accession number 2009.17.18 (J. Paul Getty Museum). A vintage silver-gelatin print bearing the artist’s estate stamp was exhibited at Michael Hoppen Gallery in London in 2024, covered by independent art-press criticism (Musée Magazine).
What this profile does not claim
This profile relies on a museum collection record for basic object facts and the work’s 1964 publication history, plus independent art-press coverage of a 2024 gallery exhibition. It does not independently confirm further detail on Hideo Oguma’s original poem beyond its shared title and its 1964 pairing with this photograph as stated by the museum, does not cite a 2001 retrospective exhibition catalogue that was identified but not re-fetched at a stable URL this pass, and does not rely on the Getty Museum’s curatorial essay text, which could not be read in full.
Timeline
- 1964-02-09
- Published in the Asahi Shimbun as a photographic illustration to Hideo Oguma's poem of the same title.
- 2009
- Acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum (accession 2009.17.18).
- 2024
- A vintage silver-gelatin print bearing the artist's estate stamp is exhibited at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, and covered by independent art-press criticism.
What we could not verify
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- This profile does not have independently confirmed detail on Hideo Oguma's original poem beyond its shared title and its 1964 pairing with this photograph, as stated in the Getty Museum's own collection record.
- A 2001 Tokyo Station Gallery retrospective catalogue ("Kansuke Yamamoto: Conveyor of the Impossible") that reportedly also documents this work was identified but not independently re-fetched at a stable URL in this research pass, so it is not cited as a separate source here.
- The Getty Museum's full curatorial description of the work could not be read in full (the page's curatorial text is loaded via JavaScript), so this profile relies on the object's basic catalogued facts rather than the museum's interpretive text.
Sources
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The J. Paul Getty Museum's own collection record was fetched and read for basic object facts (artist, date, medium, accession, and the work's 1964 publication history). An independent art-journalism review of a 2024 gallery exhibition was also fetched and read in full. A 2001 Tokyo Station Gallery retrospective catalogue referencing this work was identified during research but could not be located at a stable, fetchable URL this pass, so it is not cited as a standalone source below; the 1964 Asahi Shimbun publication detail is instead attributed to the Getty Museum's own collection record. The Getty's curatorial essay text is JavaScript-gated and could not be read beyond the basic object metadata, so this profile does not cite curatorial prose it could not verify by reading in full.
- Kansuke Yamamoto, I'd Like to Think While inside the Body of a Horse (Japanese, 1964) Supports: Artist attribution, date, medium, dimensions, museum accession/ownership, and the work's original 1964 publication in the Asahi Shimbun alongside Hideo Oguma's poem of the same title.
- Kansuke Yamamoto: Blending Reality and Imaginary Supports: The 2024 exhibition of a vintage silver-gelatin print bearing the artist's estate stamp at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London.
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