One Million Years, 1999

Basel 2016
One Million Years

michèle didier

Other Materials
16.2 x 11.5 x 9.2 (cm)
6.4 x 4.5 x 3.6 (inch)
On Kawara "One Million Years", 1999 Set of 2 volumes 14.4 x 10.5 cm each 2.012 pages each, total of 4024 pages Slipcase, 16.2 x 11.5 x 9.2 cm Limited edition of 60 numbered and signed copies 500 numbered copies and 10 artist’s proofs Produced and published in 1999 by Editions Micheline Szwajcer & Michèle Didier ©1999 On Kawara and Editions Micheline Szwajcer & Michèle Didier The first volume, Past – For all those who have lived and died, starts in 998031 BC and ends in 1969 AD, namely "One Million Years" later. At this date starts the "One Million Years" in the œuvre of On Kawara, transcribed here for this edition on 2000 pages. The second volume, Future – For the last one, starts in 1993 AD and ends One Million Years later, in 1001992. This period is equally transcribed for the edition on 2000 pages. The text of each page is laid out in 10 columns, rigorously aligned and subdivided in 5 blocks of 100 years. Each block contains 10 lines and each line contains a decennium. The two volumes of the book correspond, their internal organization is identical.