ID 717654
Lot 336 | NOBUYOSHI ARAKI (B. 1940)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
Tokyo Comedy
signed 'Nobushi Araki' (on the reverse)
gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium
23 1⁄2 x 29 7⁄8in. (59.6 x 76cm.)
Photographed in 1997 and printed in 2012
Provenance
Private Collection, Japan (acquired directly from the artist).
Literature
Tokyo Comedy, exh. cat., Vienna, Wiener Secession, 1997 (another version illustrated, pp. 53-54).
N. Araki, Araki by Araki: The Photographer's Personal Selection, Tokyo 2003 (another version illustrated, pp. 356-357).
Nobuyoshi Araki: Self, Life, Death, exh. cat., London, Barbican Art Gallery, 2005-2006 (another version exhibited and illustrated, p. 650).
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| Artist: | Nobuyoshi Araki (1940) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Artist: | Nobuyoshi Araki (1940) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Address of auction |
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