ID 770762
Lot 16 | KAZUO SHIRAGA (1924-2008)
Estimate value
HKD 15 000 000 – 24 000 000
Ujikawa
signed in Japanese (lower right); signed and titled in Japanese, signed and titled ‘Kazuo Shiraga [UJI]’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
183 x 273 cm. (72 x 107 1⁄2 in.)
Painted circa 1967
Provenance
Lions Club, Hyogo-prefecture, Japan (gifted directly from the artist to the previous owner)
Private educational institution, Hyogo-prefecture, Japan (gifted from the above in 1968 to the present owner)
This work is accompanied by a certificate of registration issued by the Japan Art Dealers Association, dated 15 February 2022.
Literature
Kazuo Shiraga: Painting Born Out of Fighting, Shiraga Kazuo Ten Jikko Iinkai ed., Shiraga Kazuo Ten Jikko Iinkai, Amagasaki, 2009 (mentioned, p.189).
International Art Fair Association (ed.), The 2nd Preliminary show of Japan Art Festival, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, 1967 (unpaginated).
New Year Issue, Lions Club, Hyogo, November/December 1968 – January 1969 (illustrated in black and white, p. 9).
Exhibited
Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, (venue), International Art Fair Association (organiser), The 2nd Japan Art Festival, 23 – 29 June 1967. This exhibition later travelled to Ilikai Hotel, Honolulu, 18 – 27 August 1967; Houston; Dallas.
| Artist: | Zao Wou-Ki (1920 - 2013) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Asia, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Zao Wou-Ki (1920 - 2013) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Asia, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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