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ZENZABURO KOJIMA (1893-1962)

Lot 51
28.05.2023 19:00UTC +08:00
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ID 966386
Lot 51 | ZENZABURO KOJIMA (1893-1962)
Estimate value
HKD 300 000 – 500 000
ZENZABURO KOJIMA (1893-1962)
Red Background (Nude)
signed 'Z. Z. Kojima' in English (upper left)
oil on canvas
80.5 x 117 cm. (31 3/4 x 46 in.)
ZENZABURO KOJIMA
Painted in 1928-1929



Provenance

Estate of the Artist

Thence by descent to the present owner



Literature

Asahi Graph Temporary Supplement, Asahi Shimbun Publication Inc., Tokyo, 1931 (illustrated, p. 13).

Exhibition of Zenzaburo Kojima, exh. cat., Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo, 1972 (illustrated, plate 11, unpaged).

Zenzaburo Kojima Exhibition, exh. cat., Fukuoka ken Bukakaikan, Fukuoka, 1976 (illustrated in black & white, plate 12, unpaged).

Modern Art 59 Zenzaburo Kojima, Shibundo, Tokyo, 1980 (illustrated in black & white, plate 36, unpaged).

Zenzaburo Kojima Centennial Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, 1993 (illustrated, plate 52, p.72; illustrated in black & white, plate 52, p. 229).

Zenzaburo Kojima - Creator of the Japanese Oil Painting, exh. cat., The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1998 (illustrated, plate 30, p. 54).

Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Painting Works of Zenzaburo Kojima, Committee to Publish Works of Zenzaburo Kojima c/o Gallery Kojima, Tokyo, 2012 (illustrated, plate 148, p. 21).

Zenzaburo Kojima - Selected Works, Committee to Publish Works of Zenzaburo Kojima c/o Gallery Kojima, Tokyo, 2012 (illustrated, p.126).

Modern Western Paintings of Japan, exh. cat., Museum of National Taipei University of Education, Taipei, 2017 (illustrated, plate 37, p. 142).



Exhibited

Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, The First Dokuritsu Exhibition, 1931. This exhibition later travelled to Osaka; Kyoto; Fukuoka; Nagoya; Taipei.

Tokyo, Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Exhibition of Zenzaburo Kojima, 1972.

Fukuoka, Fukuoka ken Bukakaikan, Zenzaburo Kojima Exhibition, 14 November - 5 December 1976.

Fukuoka, Fukuoka Art Museum, Zenzaburo Kojima Centennial Memorial Exhibition, 14 July-8 August 1993. This exhibition later travelled to Chiba, Chiba Sogo Department Store, 20 August-12 September 1993; Ibaraki, The Museum of Modern Art Ibaraki, 18 September-31 October 1993; Mie, Mie Prefecture Art Museum, 4 January-6 February 1994.

Tokyo, Shoto Museum of Art, Special Exhibition - Zenzaburo Kojima, 6 October - 23 November 1998.

Taipei, Museum of National Taipei University of Education, Yoga: Modern Western Paintings of Japan, 7 October 2017 - 7 January 2018.



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This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Gallery Kojima.
Artist:Zenzaburo Kojima (1893 - 1962)
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