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One Million Years (For All Those Who Have Lived and Died); and One Million Years (Past and Future #39-50)

An ambitious multi-volume project by On Kawara comprising signed books and CDs that chronicle one million years of human history, both past and future. The work combines printed volumes with audio documentation, exploring themes of time, mortality, and human existence on an epic scale.

Medium: Each volume of the book signed with initials in pencil and numbered 20/60 (printed) on the endpapers (the edition was 570 with only the first 60 signed), published by Editions Micheline Szwajcer & Michèle Didier, Antwerp, the CDs numbered '178' in black ink on the side of the box (the edition was 250), published by Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin and Taura, Japan.
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Evening & Day Editions

June 7, 2017

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On Kawara, One Million Years (For All Those Who Have Lived and Died); and One Million Years (Past and Future #39-50)

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Each volume of the book signed with initials in pencil and numbered 20/60 (printed) on the endpapers (the edition was 570 with only the first 60 signed), published by Editions Micheline Szwajcer & Michèle Didier, Antwerp, the CDs numbered '178' in black ink on the side of the box (the edition was 250), published by Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin and Taura, Japan.

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