Lot 524
  • 524

TANAKA ATSUKO | 1986 C

Estimate
1,800,000 - 2,800,000 HKD
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Description

  • Atsuko Tanaka
  • 1986 C
  • synthetic polymer paint on canvas
  • 130.5 by 97 cm; 51⅜ by 38⅛ in
  • executed in 1986
signed and titled in English on the reverse

Provenance

Private Asian Collection

Exhibited

Japan, Nagoya, Gallery Takagi, Atsuko Tanaka Exhibition, 6 - 20 September 1986
Japan, Ashiya City, Ashiya City Museum of Art and History; Shizuoka Prefectural, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Atsuko Tanaka: Search for an Unknown Aesthetic, 1954-2000, 3 March - 6 May; 28 July - 9 September 2001 

Literature

Atsuko Tanaka: Search for an Unknown Aesthetic, 1954-2000, Ashiya City Museum of Art and History, Ashiya City, Japan, 2001, p. 182, cat. no. 205, illustrated
Atsuko Tanaka: Catalogue Raisonné 2015, Galleria Col, Osaka, Japan, 2015, pp. 294-95, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition with minor accretions throughout and around the edges. There is minor wear in handling around the corners and edges. There is minor scuff to the upper left (40 cm from left edge and 9 cm from top edge). When examined under ultraviolet light, a spot in the center (40 cm from the left edge, 58 cm from the top edge) fluoresce, which is possibly minor in-painting. Framed.
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