Title

1965

On Kawara

Painter, Japanese, 1933 - 2014

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.”
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    acrylic and collage on three separate canvases

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    left panel: 117.79 x 155.89 cm (46 3/8 x 61 3/8 in.)
    center panel: 130.18 x 159.39 cm (51 1/4 x 62 3/4 in.)
    right panel: 117.48 x 155.89 cm (46 1/4 x 61 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.40.1.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, New York; purchased 17 April 2006 through (David Zwirner, New York) by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Possibly Exhibition of Japanese Artists Abroad, Europe and America, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1965, unnumbered catalogue (according to dealer's invoice; painting is included in catalogue checklist, but another work is reproduced).

1995

  • Reconsidering the Object of Art: 1965-1975, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1995-1996, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1996

  • On Kawara: Whole and Parts 1964-1995, Nouveau Musée/Inst. d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne; Castello di Rivoli; Museo d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Mus. d'art moderne Villeneuve d'Ascq; Mus. of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1996-1998, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2004

  • On Kawara - Paintings of 40 Years, David Zwirner, New York, 2004, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2015

  • On Kawara - Silence, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2015, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2019

  • Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

2002

  • Watkins, Jonathan. On Kawara. New York, 2002: 63-65, 67, repro.

2006

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

Inscriptions

upper right reverse, Japanese characters above the artist's name: NO. 1 / ON KAWARA 1965

Wikidata ID

Q20196489

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