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The Sharing of Nameless (State 2)
1984 · Six-color etching with blind embossing
Sheet: 31 3/4 × 47 1/4 in. (80.6 × 120 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art
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Arakawa
Japanese-American, 1936–2010
WA-00001194
Tokyo
PaintingConceptual ArtPerformance Art
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
9
Works in Collection
90
Assets Indexed
8
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (1)
Field Verification (8 fields)
6 cross-verified · 2 single-source
- BiographyGallery· 72%✓
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- Death yearGallery· 72%✓
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- DeceasedGallery Generic· 72%
- Profile imageGallery· 60%
Source Registry (1)
- Marian-GoodmanTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
About
Why this artist matters now
Shūsaku Arakawa is a Japanese painter and conceptual artist whose practice extends across printmaking, experimental film, performance, and architectural design. For over four decades, he collaborated with writer and artist Madeline Gins on works that challenged conventional boundaries between disciplines. His approach integrates visual abstraction with philosophical inquiry, treating the canvas and built environment as sites for investigating perception and spatial experience.
Source: Marian Goodman · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago
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Movement
Conceptual Art
Medium
Painting
Related Artists
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Institutional
Museum Collections
Canonical record
Artworks (9)
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Artwork sources (3)
9 published of 9 catalogued · 0 with image
- The Met4 published
- Cleveland Museum of Art3 published
- Whitney2 published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)
3 entries · 1 sources
- 1969 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1977 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1980 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images
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Relationships
5Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
Background
Education
University of Tokyo
Visual Arts
Musashino Art University
Visual Arts
Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka Senior High School
Visual Arts
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