Artist Monograph

Jiro Takamatsu, Japanese

Japanese, 1936–1998

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	17	65.4%
Other Media	5	19.2%
Gouache	1	3.8%
Watercolor	1	3.8%
Photography	1	3.8%
Screenprint	1	3.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	24	92.3%
Painting & Sculpture	1	3.8%
Photography	1	3.8%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

Classification Types

Drawing — 22
Sculpture — 1
Photograph — 1
Multiple — 1
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	8	30.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	17	65.4%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	3.8%

Range: 6.0 cm → 365.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1971	1
2008	1
2010	1
2013	18
2018	5

Japanese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 26 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Perspective Drawing Acc. 19.2013	n.d.	Ballpoint pen and pencil on notebook paper	14 x 10 1/8" (35.6 x 25.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Shadow Drawing Acc. 16.2013.a-b	1965-66	Pencil on paper	10 1/4 x 7" (26 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Shadow Drawing Acc. 15.2013.a-b	1965	a.) Pencil on paper b. ) Pencil, colored pencil, and ink on paper	10 1/4 x 7" (26 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Perspective Drawing Acc. 17.2013	1968	Colored chalk on colored paper	14 3/4 x 10 3/4" (37.5 x 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Perspective Drawing Acc. 18.2013	1968	Colored chalk on colored paper	10 7/8 x 14 3/4" (27.6 x 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Book designs: "Perspective" Drawing Acc. 20.2013.a-b	1969	Pencil, colored pencil, and watercolor on paper	Each: 13 3/8 x 19 1/8" (34 x 48.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Shadow of Key Print Acc. 457.1971	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Slack of Net Sculpture Acc. 59.2013	1969	Cotton rope and twine	71 1/4 x 144" (181 x 365.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Dr. Meyer A. Pearlman and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss (both by exchange)
Stone and Numeral Multiple Acc. 4356.2008	1969	Painted stone	1 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/4" (2.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Eraser Drawing Acc. 22.2013	1970	Pencil on paper	16 1/8 x 12 3/8" (41 x 31.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Book designs "Rubbing" Drawing Acc. 23.2013	1972	Ink, pencil, and bodycolor on paper	9 x 9 1/4" (22.9 x 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Book designs "Rubbing" Drawing Acc. 24.2013	1972	Ink, pencil, and bodycolor on paper	9 1/4 x 9 1/4" (23.5 x 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Book designs "Rubbing" Drawing Acc. 25.2013	1972	Ink, pencil, and bodycolor on paper	9 1/4 x 9 1/8" (23.5 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Oneness of Paper Drawing Acc. 21.2013	1972	Torn colored paper on paper	28 1/8 x 16 1/2" (71.4 x 41.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Photograph of Photograph Photograph Acc. 377.2010	1973	Gelatin silver print	21 1/8 × 16 13/16" (53.7 × 42.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr. Fund
Tape Drawing Acc. 26.2013	1973	Pencil and tape on two sheets of torn colored paper	17 x 12 7/8" (43.2 x 32.7 cm) (irreg) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Rusty Ground Drawing Acc. 1595.2018.a-b	1977	Pencil on two sheets of paper	each: 15 × 20 7/8" (38.1 × 53 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Space in Two Dimensions Drawing Acc. 27.2013	1979	Ink and pencil on paper	10 x 7 1/8" (25.4 x 18.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Space in Two Dimensions Drawing Acc. 28.2013	1979	Ink and pencil on paper	10 x 7" (25.4 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Untitled study for a painting Drawing Acc. 1596.2018	1982	Pencil, colored pencil, and crayon on graph paper	11 3/4 × 16 5/8" (29.8 × 42.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Untitled study for a painting Drawing Acc. 1597.2018	1982	Pencil, colored pencil, and crayon on graph paper	11 3/4 × 16 5/8" (29.8 × 42.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Untitled study for a painting Drawing Acc. 1598.2018	1982	Pencil and colored pencil on graph paper	11 3/4 × 16 5/8" (29.8 × 42.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Untitled study for a painting Drawing Acc. 1599.2018	1982	Cut-and-taped paper, pencil, and colored pencil on graph paper	11 3/4 × 16 5/8" (29.8 × 42.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Form Drawing Acc. 31.2013	1983	Pencil on paper	13 1/8 x 9 5/8" (33.3 x 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Overlapping Drawing Acc. 29.2013	1983	Pencil, bodycolor, and gouache on paper	21 1/2 x 15 1/2" (54.6 x 39.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato
Overlapping Drawing Acc. 30.2013	1983	Cut-and-torn colored paper and pencil on board	20 1/4 x 14 3/8" (51.4 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tatsumi Sato