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Artists›Jiro Takamatsu

Jiro Takamatsu

1936⚠–1998

WA-00000999

Tokyo, Japan

Mixed MediaPhotography

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None documented

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70%

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Authority Records (1)

MoMA

Field Verification (7 fields)

3 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Primary mediumWikidata· 92%✓
DeceasedGallery Pace· 80%✓
LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
Birth yearWikidata· 92%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/jiro-takamatsu
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5785
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (28)

Form

1983 · Pencil on paper

13 1/8 x 9 5/8" (33.3 x 24.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Overlapping

1983 · Pencil, bodycolor, and gouache on paper

21 1/2 x 15 1/2" (54.6 x 39.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Overlapping

1983 · Cut-and-torn colored paper and pencil on board

20 1/4 x 14 3/8" (51.4 x 36.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled study for a painting

1982 · Pencil and colored pencil on graph paper

11 3/4 × 16 5/8" (29.8 × 42.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled study for a painting

1982 · Pencil, colored pencil, and crayon on graph paper

11 3/4 × 16 5/8" (29.8 × 42.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled study for a painting

1982 · Pencil, colored pencil, and crayon on graph paper

11 3/4 × 16 5/8" (29.8 × 42.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled study for a painting

1982 · Cut-and-taped paper, pencil, and colored pencil on graph paper

11 3/4 × 16 5/8" (29.8 × 42.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Space in Two Dimensions

1979 · Ink and pencil on paper

10 x 7" (25.4 x 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Space in Two Dimensions

1979 · Ink and pencil on paper

10 x 7 1/8" (25.4 x 18.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rusty Ground

1977 · Pencil on two sheets of paper

each: 15 × 20 7/8" (38.1 × 53 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Photograph of Photograph

1973 · Gelatin silver print

56 × 45 cm (22 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tape

1973 · Pencil and tape on two sheets of torn colored paper

17 x 12 7/8" (43.2 x 32.7 cm) (irreg)

Museum of Modern Art

Photograph of Photograph

1973 · Gelatin silver print

21 1/8 × 16 13/16" (53.7 × 42.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Oneness of Paper

1972 · Torn colored paper on paper

28 1/8 x 16 1/2" (71.4 x 41.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Book designs "Rubbing"

1972 · Ink, pencil, and bodycolor on paper

9 x 9 1/4" (22.9 x 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Book designs "Rubbing"

1972 · Ink, pencil, and bodycolor on paper

9 1/4 x 9 1/4" (23.5 x 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Book designs "Rubbing"

1972 · Ink, pencil, and bodycolor on paper

9 1/4 x 9 1/8" (23.5 x 23.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Oneness of Concrete

1971 · Concrete

object: 270 x 400 x 400 mm

Tate

Eraser

1970 · Pencil on paper

16 1/8 x 12 3/8" (41 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Book designs: "Perspective"

1969 · Pencil, colored pencil, and watercolor on paper

Each: 13 3/8 x 19 1/8" (34 x 48.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Slack of Net

1969 · Cotton rope and twine

71 1/4 x 144" (181 x 365.8 cm)

1 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/4" (2.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Shadow of Key

1969 · Embossed screenprint

Sheet 15 5/8 x 12" (39.7 x 30.5 cm) Comp. 14 x 10 3/16" (35.6 x 26.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Perspective

1968 · Colored chalk on colored paper

14 3/4 x 10 3/4" (37.5 x 27.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

28 published of 55 catalogued · 51 with image

MoMA
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Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Oneness of Concrete
1971 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Collections4

Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's Phillips

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Tate

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