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Secret Meeting
1965 · Japanese "black rust" granite
Overall: 61 x 43.2 x 33 cm (24 x 17 x 13 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Masayuki Nagare
Japanese, 1923
Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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6
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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
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The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1966–1967
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960–1961
About
Why this artist matters now
Masayuki Nagare was a Japanese sculptor whose monumental stone works emerged in the postwar period. Working primarily in granite and marble, he developed an abstract formal language that balanced geometric precision with organic surface treatment, creating pieces that functioned as both sculptural objects and architectural interventions. His practice spanned seven decades, establishing him as a significant figure in Japanese modernist sculpture.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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