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Details
- Date
- 1999
- Media categories
- Artist's book , Print
- Materials used
- bound artist's book in two volumes
- Edition
- 324/500 [Limited edition of 60 numbered and signed copies, 500 numbered copies and 10 A/P]
- Dimensions
- 2 volumes: each 14.4 x 10.5 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Mervyn Horton Bequest Fund 2016
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 235.2016.a-b
- Copyright
- © Estate of On Kawara
- Artist information
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On Kawara
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About
Born in Japan, On Kawara moved to New York in the 1960s. On 4 January 1966 he began his Today series, a succession of canvases each displaying the day, month and year on which it was created. While every Today painting represents a single day, One million years – past and One million years – future are books that each list a million years, the first from 998031 BCE to 1969 and the second from 1993 until the year 1001992. The dedication in One million years – past reads ‘For all those who have lived and died’, while in One million years – future it reads ‘For the last one’.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Time, light, Japan: Japanese art 1990s to now, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Dec 2016–14 May 2017