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Untitled, Kenji Nakahashi, 1977
Kenji NakahashiJapanese, 1947–2017

Untitled

1977 · Drawings, Works on Paper

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Yes, on view now

Where is “Untitled” now? Minneapolis Institute of Art, G316, Minneapolis. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis, United States

RoomG316

Closed· opens Tue at 10:00 AM

On public display.

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About the work

Nakahashi was fascinated with images that challenged the norms of depiction. Here, he toyed with our understanding of implied space using trompe l’oeil (“fool the eye”) techniques to create the illusion that an enormous orb is set within an empty landscape that recedes into space. Yet in presenting us with an overlapping series of three-dimensional planes, each carrying a small portion of the composition, he challenged us to complete the picture in our mind’s eye.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Details

Accession number
2019.146.41

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolorsGraphiteContemporary art20th centuryUnited States

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