Journey through time and explore On Kawara’s Untitled (Decade), part of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 18 May. Using paintings as journal entires, the artist made each canvas simple in form, yet profoundly evocative. Watch the video to see On Kawara’s ten Date Paintings which span the transformative decade of the 1990s.

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