The artist photographing Phase of Nothingness,
1969, at the
1st Contemporary International Sculpture Exhibition, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Shizuoka, 1969.
The artist working on Phase of Nothingness, 1969/1970, in preparation for the 35th Venice Biennale, Udine, Italy, June 1970. Photo: Yoriko Kushigemachi.
The artist (left) with quarry owner (right), working on Phase of Nothingness, 1969/1970, in preparation for the 35th Venice Biennale, Udine, Italy, June 1970. Photo: Yoriko Kushigemachi.
The artist (far right), with unidentified translator (second from right) and fabricators, working on Phase of Nothingness, 1969/1970, in preparation for the 35th Venice Biennale, Mestre, Italy, June 1970. Photo: Yoriko Kushigemachi.
The artist (background), with ironworker (foreground) fabricating Phase of Nothingness, 1969/1970, in preparation for the 35th Venice Biennale, Mestre, Italy, June 1970. Photo: Yoriko Kushigemachi.
The artist on board a ferry from Mestre, Italy, to the 35th Venice Biennale, with stone used in Phase of Nothingness, 1969/70, June, 1970. Photo: Yoriko Kushigemachi.
Stone used in Phase of Nothingness, 1969/1970, en route to 35th Venice Biennale, June 1970. Photo: Yoriko Kushigemachi.
The artist (right) working on Phase of Nothingness,
1969/1970, with artist Kenji Misawa (left),
Japan Pavillion, 35th Venice Biennale, June, 1970.
Photo: Yoriko Kushigemachi.
Artist Kenji Misawa, Venice, Italy, 1970. Photographer unknown.
Artist Madeline Gins, Venice, 1970. Photographer unknown.
The artist installing (center, reflected in column) Phase of Nothingness, 1969/1970, at the 35th Venice Biennale, June 22, 1970. Photo: Yoriko Kushigemachi.
The artist installing Phase of Nothingness, 1969/1970, at the 35th Venice Biennale, June 22, 1970. Photo: Yoriko Kushigemachi.
The artist at the German Pavilion of the 35th Venice Biennale, June 1970. Photographer unknown.
The artist outside Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa, 1970. Photo: Yoriko Kushigemachi.
Untitled solo exhibition, 1970, installation view, Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa, 1970. Photographer unknown.
Germano Celant (left) with the artist (right) at the opening of his untitled solo exhibition at Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa, 1970. Photo: Yoriko Kushigemachi.
The artist, Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa, 1970. Photo: Yoriko Kushigemachi.
Phase of Nothingness No. 41, 1978, at the artist's studio, Yokohama, ca. 1977. Photographer unknown.
Artist with Phase of Nothingness—Black No. 36 (left) and No. 37 (right) 1977, at his studio, Yokohama, ca. 1978. Photographer unknown.
The artist with assistants working on Phase of Nothingness No. 41, 1978, artist's studio, Yokohama, ca. 1977. Photographer unknown.
The artist with Lee Ufan at Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, 1978. Photo: Masayuki Takahashi.
The artist with friends Lee Ufan (far right), Sōroku Yamamoto (far left), and daughter at a café in Dusseldorf, 1978. Photo: Masayuki Takahashi.
The artist and family with friends Lee Ufan (second from left) and Sōroku Yamamoto (far left) in Oberkassel or Niederkassel, Dusseldorf, 1978. Photo: Masayuki Takahashi.
Installation View, Nobuo Sekine: Skulptur 1975-1978, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, September 6 - October 1, 1978. Photographer unknown.
The artist with Lee Ufan (foreground) and Knud W. Jensen (background, right), founder of the Danish Museum of Contemporary Art, at Nobuo Sekine: Skulptur 1975-1978, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, September 6 - October 1, 1978. Photographer unknown.
Installation view, Nobuo Sekine: Skulptur 1975-1978,
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk,
September 6 - October 1, 1978.
From left: Nobuo Sekine, Knud W. Jensen, unidentified curator, and Lee Ufan. Photographer unknown.