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Artists›On Kawara

On Kawara

1933–2019

WA-00000290

DrawingConceptual Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

189

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (1)

MoMA

Field Verification (6 fields)

4 cross-verified · 2 single-source

NationalityArtsy + Gallery Zwirner· 85%✓
Birth yearArtsy + Gallery Zwirner· 85%✓
DeceasedGallery Zwirner· 80%✓
Death yearGallery Zwirner· 80%✓
BiographyGallery Zwirner + Gallery Generic· 80%
LocationGallery Hauser· 80%

Source Registry (7)

Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/on-kawara
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/on-kawara
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/on-kawara
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/on-kawara
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/on-kawara
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
David-Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3030
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for On Kawara yet.

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Conceptual Art

Medium

Drawing

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (89)

I READ

2017 · Six artist's books, offset lithograph printed

overall (each, closed): 11 5/16 × 9 1/16 × 2 1/16" (28.8 × 23 × 5.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

JAN. 11, 2012

2012 · Acrylic on canvas

8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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I Went

2007 · Artist's book in twelve volumes

page: 8 1/4 x 5 11/16" (20.9 x 14.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

5 JUIN 2006

2006 · Acrylic on canvas

10 × 13 1/2" (25.4 × 34.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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One Million Years (Past and Future)

2000 · Multiple of ten compact disks in a wooden box

other (compact disk, each): 4 15/16 x 5 5/8 x 3/8" (12.5 x 14.3 x 1 cm); overall (wood box): 5 3/8 x 4 5/8 x 5 13/16" (13.6 x 11.7 x 14.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

One Million Years

1999 · Two-volume artist's book of 4024 pages, printed on featherweight Bible Veritable Ivory paper, with black leather covers featuring gold and silver embossing, and a black leather slipcase

Single Volume: 15 × 11.5 × 4.3 cm (5 15/16 × 4 9/16 × 1 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

One Million Years

1999 · Artist's book, two volumes

Each: 5 15/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 3/4" (15.1 x 10.9 x 4.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

APR. 24, 1990

1990 · Acrylic on canvas

18 1/4 × 24" (46.4 × 61 cm), box 2 × 24 × 18 3/4" (5.1 × 61 × 47.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2 AUG. 1988

1988 · Acrylic on canvas

10 × 13" (25.4 × 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

DEC. 12, 1979

1979 · Acrylic on canvas

18 1/4 x 24 3/8" (46.4 x 62.5 cm), box 2 x 25 x 19" (5.1.x 63.5 x 48.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

DEC. 17, 1979

1979 · Acrylic on canvas

18 3/16 × 24 3/8" (46.2 × 61.7 cm), box 2 × 25 × 18 3/4" (5.1 × 63.5 × 47.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

DEC. 18, 1979

1979 · Acrylic on canvas

18 1/4 × 24 1/4" (46.3 × 61.6 cm), box 2 × 25 × 18 3/4" (5.1 × 63.5 × 47.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Oct. 31, 1978 (Today Series, "Tuesday")

1978 · Acrylic on canvas, with two newspapers

155 × 226 cm (61 × 89 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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I Got Up...

1977 · Ink and stamps on postcard

Each (postcard, sight): 4 x 5 7/8" (10.2 x 14.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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I Got Up...

1977 · Ink and stamps on postcard

Each (postcard, sight): 4 x 5 7/8" (10.2 x 14.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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I Got Up...

1977 · Ink and stamps on postcard

Each (postcard, sight): 4 x 5 7/8" (10.2 x 14.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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I Got Up...

1977 · Ink and stamps on postcard

Each (postcard, sight): 4 x 5 7/8" (10.2 x 14.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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I Got Up...

1977 · Ink and stamps on postcard

Each (postcard, sight): 4 x 5 7/8" (10.2 x 14.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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I Got Up...

1977 · Ink and stamps on postcard

Each (postcard, sight): 4 x 5 7/8" (10.2 x 14.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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I Got Up...

1977 · Ink and stamps on postcard

Each (postcard, sight): 4 x 5 7/8" (10.2 x 14.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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I Got Up...

1977 · Ink and stamps on postcard

Each (postcard, sight): 4 x 5 7/8" (10.2 x 14.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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I Got Up...

1977 · Ink and stamps on postcard

Each (postcard, sight): 4 x 5 7/8" (10.2 x 14.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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I Got Up...

1977 · Ink and stamps on postcard

Each (postcard, sight): 4 x 5 7/8" (10.2 x 14.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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I Got Up...

1977 · Ink and stamps on postcard

Each (postcard, sight): 4 x 5 7/8" (10.2 x 14.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

89 published of 172 catalogued · 84 with image

MoMA
83 publishedof 166 catalogued81 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
Whitney
1 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

100 Year Calendar
1968 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Wikipedia

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Wikipedia

Relationships

Peers & Context59

Sol LeWittcontemporaryBruce NaumancontemporaryJohn McCrackenco-exhibitedFranz Westco-exhibitedJason Rhoadesco-exhibitedGordon Matta Clarkco-exhibited

Movements1

Conceptual Art

Collections7

Whitney Museum of American Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Christie's Phillips

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

David Zwirner

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Network

Related Artists

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition David Zwirner: 30 Years

2024

Group Exhibition I Love NY Benefit