Shusaku Arakawa

Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the artist)
Christie's, London, 3 July 1998, Lot 228
Galerie Mullier Mullier, Knokke
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Arakawa, February - March 1970, no. II
Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, 1971-87, on temporary loan
Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art; Kyoto, the National Museum of Modern Art, Constructing the Perceiver - Arakawa: Experimental Works, November 1991 - February 1992, p. 141, illustrated

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is wear to all four corner tips, and light handling marks along the edges. Close inspection reveals some tiny and unobtrusive media accretions in isolated places. There is a small irregularity in the canvas weave towards the lower right corner, and a small irregularity to the paint towards the upper right edge, approximately 10 cm. from the upper right corner which appears to have been in-painted. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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