Skip to main content
Label Text Arakawa was born and raised in Japan, but lived in New York during the 1960s and 1970s. Source: Bulletin, May-June 1974.
Exhibition History"Director's Choice," thirty-four works of art purchased with the Director's Discretionary Fund, 1973-1982 - a gift to the Des Moines Art Center from the Gardner and Florence Call Cowles Foundation, Sept. 13 - Nov. 13, 1983

"New Accessions USA, 1974, "Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Aug. 5 - Sept. 22, 1974
Published ReferencesDES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, AND WORKS ON PAPER, a catalog of selections from the permanent collection published in 1985, cat. ref. pp.21, 22, b/w ill. pl. no.4, p.21

NEW ACCESSIONS USA, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1974, cat. ill.

DIRECTOR'S CHOICE, Des Moines Art Center, 1983, color cat. ill.

DMAC Bulletin, May - June 1974, cover ill.
DimensionsOverall: 65 9/16 × 95 5/8 in. (166.5 × 242.9 cm)
Accession Number 1973.11
Classificationspainting
SignedArakawa (verso c stretcher bar)
Inscriptions(TITLE:) (verso c,l stretcher bar) 1973 at N.Y. City (verso c,r stretcher bar)
ProvenanceArtist. (Dayton's Gallery 12, Minneapolis); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1973]
Subject II
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Shusaku Arakawa
1978
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Shusaku Arakawa
1978
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Shusaku Arakawa
1963-1964
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Edward Dugmore
1970
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Peter Halley
1993
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1984
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Robert Matthew Freimark
1960
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Jordan Weber
2013
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
William T. Wiley
1972
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Check Boterf
1968