The works of Takao Tanabe are held in public and private collections in Canada and internationally. Although the following Canadian institutions hold the works listed below, they may not always be on view.
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
10708-105 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
780-427-9968
affta.ab.ca
Takao Tanabe, The Land 31/75, 1974
Acrylic on canvas
106.7 x 182.9 cm
Art Gallery of Alberta
2 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
780-422-6223
Takao Tanabe, Gulf Islands, Grey Morning 5/82, 1982
Acrylic on canvas
110.1 x 140.1 cm
Takao Tanabe, Foothills Looking West 3/83, 1983
Acrylic on canvas
50.5 x 152 cm
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1040 Moss Street
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
250-384-4171
Takao Tanabe, Raked Sand and Stones, 1960
Sumi ink
46 x 90 cm
Takao Tanabe, Skeena #2, 1970
Acrylic on canvas
86.4 x 85 cm
Takao Tanabe, Prairie, 1973
Acrylic on canvas
48.3 x 63 cm
Takao Tanabe, Early Evening, Narrow Passage, 1991
Lithograph on paper
56.8 x 76.5 cm
Takao Tanabe, Malacca Strait: Dawn, 2004
Woodblock etching
59.9 x 151.8 cm
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
1723 Hollis Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
902-424-5280
agns.ca
Takao Tanabe, A Region of Hills, 1957
Oil on canvas
90.2 x 96.6 cm
Takao Tanabe, Small Valley, 1961
Oil and Lucite on canvas
50.6 x 83.6 cm
Takao Tanabe, Emperor, Spring Night, 1964
Oil and graphite on canvas
137 x 86.3 cm
Takao Tanabe, 3 Black Bars 4, 1964
Acrylic on paper
59 x 79.7 cm
Takao Tanabe, Kitselas, 1970
Acrylic on canvas
86 x 85.6 cm
Takao Tanabe, Marble Island Q.C.I., 1995
Colour lithograph on paper
46 x 89 cm
Audain Art Museum
4350 Blackcomb Way
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
604-962-0413
audainartmuseum.com
Takao Tanabe, Strait of Georgia 1/90: Raza Pass, 1990
Acrylic on canvas
142.7 x 186 cm
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
Banff, Alberta, Canada
403-762-6100
banffcentre.ca
Takao Tanabe, The Dark Land 2/80, 1980
Acrylic on canvas
115 x 546 cm
Canada Council Art Bank
921 St. Laurent Boulevard
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1-800-263-5588 ext. 4479
artbank.ca
Takao Tanabe, Landscape Study #4, 1972
Acrylic and watercolour on paper
59.5 x 80 cm
Takao Tanabe, The Land 4/75 – East of Calgary, 1975
Acrylic on canvas
66 x 112 cm
Glenbow Museum
130 9th Avenue SE
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
403-268-4100
glenbow.org
Takao Tanabe, Southern Alberta Foothills, 1982
Acrylic on canvas
71.1 x 533.4 cm
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
University of British Columbia
1825 Main Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
604-822-2759
belkin.ubc.ca
Takao Tanabe, Still-Life, 1954
Ink on paper
35.9 x 31.4 cm
Takao Tanabe, Study for Mural for Brussels World’s Fair, 1958
Oil on wood
40.9 x 60.9 cm
Museum London
421 Ridout Street North
London, Ontario, Canada
519-661-0333
museumlondon.ca
Takao Tanabe, Hillside (Tokyo), 1960
Sumi ink and watercolour on paper
45.3 x 91.5 cm
Takao Tanabe, One Orange Strip, 1964
Acrylic on canvas
40.8 x 86.4 cm
Takao Tanabe, Cut-Corners, C + O, 1968
Silkscreen
45.5 x 45.5 cm
Takao Tanabe, The Land 4/76, 1976
Acrylic on canvas
108 x 121 cm
Takao Tanabe, Westcoast 6/86, Late Afternoon, 1986
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 122 cm
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
613-990-1985
www.gallery.ca
Takao Tanabe, Interior Arrangement with Red Hills, 1957
Oil on canvas
68 x 126.5 cm
Takao Tanabe, Nude Landscape I, 1959
Oil on canvas
101.5 x 84.5 cm
Takao Tanabe, Dawn, 2003
Acrylic on canvas
137.5 x 304.7 cm
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
6688 Southoaks Crescent
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
604-777-7000
centre.nikkeiplace.org
Takao Tanabe, Near the Sea, 1960
Sumi ink on paper
46.9 x 90.8 cm
Takao Tanabe, Spanish Banks, 1988
Woodblock print
48 x 72 cm
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
4401 University Drive
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
403-329-2666
artgallery.uleth.ca
Takao Tanabe, White-Eyed Monster, 1952
Oil on canvas
61 x 121.9 cm
Takao Tanabe, The Land 3/75, Banff, 1975
Acrylic on canvas
66 x 111.8 cm
Takao Tanabe, The Land 22/77, 1977
Acrylic on canvas
140.3 x 229.9 cm
Takao Tanabe, Barkley Sound 1/93: in Imperial Eagle Channel, 1993
Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 182.9 cm
University of Regina President’s Art Collection
3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
306-585-5420
www2.uregina.ca/president/art/
Takao Tanabe, Untitled (Banners), 1973
Eight printed nylon banners and brass weights
914.4 x 76.2 cm each
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
604-662-4700
vanartgallery.bc.ca
Takao Tanabe, Trees and Sky, 1951
Intaglio on paper
36.4 x 49 cm
Takao Tanabe, Fragment 35, 1953
Oil on canvas
78.6 x 119 cm
Takao Tanabe, Moni Vatopedi, Mount Athos, 1955
Pastel on paper
31.3 x 48.3 cm
Takao Tanabe, A Region of Landlocked Lakes, 1958
Oil on canvas
127 x 68.5 cm
Takao Tanabe, Setting Sun, 1960
Sumi ink and watercolour on paper
31.8 x 59 cm
Takao Tanabe, Storm, 1960
Sumi ink and watercolour on washi paper
67 x 34.5 cm
Takao Tanabe, Early Autumn, 1967
Acrylic and Rhoplex on canvas
152 x 147 cm
Takao Tanabe and Periwinkle Press (printer), Wing, 1968
Screen print on paper
33.1 x 50.8 cm
Takao Tanabe, The Land III, 1972
Acrylic on canvas
78.7 x 88.9 cm
Takao Tanabe, The Land #6, 1974
Acrylic wash on canvas
84 x 142.5 cm
Takao Tanabe, The Land 20, 1977
Acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 142.2 cm
Takao Tanabe and Masato Arikushi (printer), Gogit Passage, Queen Charlotte Islands, 1988
Woodcut on paper
60 x 90 cm
Takao Tanabe, High Arctic 1/90, 1990
Acrylic on canvas
114 x 216 cm
Takao Tanabe, Shuttleworth Sunset, 1993
Woodcut on paper
42.5 x 61.2 cm
Takao Tanabe, Rivers 2/00: Crooked River, 2000
Acrylic on canvas
114.3 x 304.8 cm
Winnipeg Art Gallery
300 Memorial Boulevard
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
204-786-6641
wag.ca
Takao Tanabe, Christmas Card, c.1948
Linocut on paper
11.6 x 15.6 cm