Lot 320
  • 320

Takeo Yamaguchi

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Takeo Yamaguchi
  • Obi
  • signed in Japanese, titled in Japanese and dated October 1965 in Japanese on a label affixed to the reverse 
  • oil on board
  • 36 by 47 3/4 in. 91.4 by 121.3 cm.

Provenance

Minami Gallery, Tokyo
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Tokyo, Minami Gallery, Takeo Yamaguchi, October 1965

Literature

Takeo Yamaguchi, Takeo Yamaguchi, Tokyo, 1981, no. 248, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling to the edges and corners. There is extremely fine and stable horizontal craquelure throughout, particularly in the red, that is visible under close inspection. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed. *Please note the auction begins at 9:30 am on November 14th.*
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