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Title [center panel]

1965

On Kawara

Associated Names

On Kawara

Artist, Japanese, 1933 - 2014

Medium

acrylic and collage on three separate canvases
Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number

2006.40.1.2

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Three horizontal paintings with raspberry-pink backgrounds and white text hang spaced out in a row against a white background. The central panel is slightly larger than those hanging to the sides. The white text on the left panel reads, “ONE THING.” In the center is “1965,” and the panel to our right has, “VIET-NAM.” — Title

On Kawara

1965

Title [right panel]

On Kawara

1965

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2006

Weiss, Jeffrey. "On Kawara, Title." Bulletin / National Gallery of Art, no. 35 (Fall 2006): 26-27, repro.

Inscriptions

upper right reverse, Japanese characters below the date: NO. 2 / ON KAWARA / 1965

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