Catalogue
- Year
- 1961
- Medium
- Diazotype
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Yasunao Tone
Artist

Yasunao Tone was a Japanese artist and musician who pioneered sound art and experimental electronic composition from the 1960s onward. Working across tape manipulation, circuit bending, and algorithmic sound generation, he created works that treated the materiality of recording media as a primary artistic medium. His practice bridged visual art, music, and technology in ways that anticipated later developments in digital art and net.art. This profile will be expanded as more verified source material becomes available.
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Anagram for Strings
1963 · Typewriting with rubberstamp additions
Music for Several Composers, Solo for Several Composers, Music for Every Tablaux, and Music for Footpeddal Organ; and diagram for Music for Footpeddal Organ
1962 · Typewriting and pencil on paper; and ink, pencil and colored pencil on paper
Anagram for Strings
1961 · Ink and typewriting on paper
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- Yasunao Tone
- Year
- 1961
- Medium
- Diazotype
- Watts ID
- WW-1961-M094291
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Status
- verified


