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Takuma Nakahira

Takuma Nakahira

Japanese, 1938

WA-00034507

Tokyo, Japan

PhotographyConceptual ArtPhotography

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

254

Works in Collection

269

Assets Indexed

6

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ7678562

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Birth yearMoMA + Duplicate Merge· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA + Duplicate Merge· 93%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/41241
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Takuma Nakahira developed a documentary approach that interrogated the relationship between the camera, the body, and urban space, often incorporating text and unconventional framing. Active in postwar Japan's avant-garde, his practice bridged photography and conceptual art during a period of significant experimentation in Japanese visual culture. Nakahira's contributions extended to critical writing on photographic practice and its epistemological status, establishing him as both practitioner and theorist.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 28d ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Conceptual Art

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (254)

Untitled, from "Circulation"

Untitled, from "Circulation"

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.5 × 23.6 cm (6 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from "Circulation"

Untitled, from "Circulation"

1971 · Gelatin silver print

17 × 23.3 cm (image), 17.8 × 23.7 cm (paper)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from "Circulation"

Untitled, from "Circulation"

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.9 × 24.4 cm (6 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from "Circulation"

Untitled, from "Circulation"

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16 × 23.2 cm (6 5/16 × 9 3/16 in.); Paper: 17.8 × 23.3 cm (7 1/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from "Circulation"

Untitled, from "Circulation"

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.9 × 24.4 cm (6 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from "Circulation"

Untitled, from "Circulation"

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16 × 23.8 cm (6 5/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Paper: 20.4 × 25.2 cm (8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from "Circulation"

Untitled, from "Circulation"

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.9 × 24.4 cm (6 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from "Circulation"

Untitled, from "Circulation"

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.9 × 24.4 cm (6 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from "Circulation"

Untitled, from "Circulation"

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.8 × 24.4 cm (6 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from "Circulation"

Untitled, from "Circulation"

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.8 × 23.8 cm (6 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.); Paper: 20.3 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #3]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #3]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.8 × 23.1 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.); Paper: 17.8 × 23.9 cm (7 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Circulation

1971 · Gelatin silver prints (394)

Various dimensions, see individual object records

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #5]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #5]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.1 × 16.9 cm (9 1/8 × 6 11/16 in.); Paper: 23.7 × 17.8 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #6]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #6]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 9.3 × 12.7 cm (3 11/16 × 5 in.); Paper: 17.7 × 23.8 cm (7 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #7]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #7]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 12.7 × 9.3 cm (5 × 3 11/16 in.); Paper: 23.9 × 17.8 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #9]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #9]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17 × 22.9 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Paper: 17.7 × 23.8 cm (7 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #11]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #11]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.9 × 22.9 cm (6 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Paper: 17.7 × 23.9 cm (7 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #10]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #10]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.8 × 23 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Paper: 17.9 × 23.8 cm (7 1/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #8]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #8]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.3 × 23.1 cm (6 7/16 × 9 1/8 in.); Paper: 17.7 × 23.7 cm (7 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #13]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #13]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17 × 23 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Paper: 17.7 × 23.9 cm (7 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #12]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #12]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 9.3 × 12.8 cm (3 11/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Paper: 17.8 × 23.9 cm (7 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #16]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #16]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17 × 23 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Paper: 17.8 × 23.8 cm (7 1/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #14]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #14]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.9 × 17 cm (9 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.); Paper: 23.7 × 17.8 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #15]

Untitled [from Circulation, October 12 #15]

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17 × 23 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Paper: 17.8 × 23.9 cm (7 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (2)

254 published of 266 catalogued · 254 with image

Art Institute Chicago
242 published242 img
MoMA
12 publishedof 24 catalogued12 img

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

La Nuit (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

La Nuit (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Movements2

Conceptual Art Photography

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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