Lot 549
  • 549

DOMOTO HISAO | Composition

Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Hisao Domoto
  • Composition
  • oil and mixed media on canvas
  • 89 by 130 cm; 35 by 51¼ in.
signed in Japanese and English and dated 1957 on the reverse

Provenance

Private Collection, France
Auxerre Enchères, France, 12 February 2017
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Condition

This work is in fair condition. There are craquelures and cracks to impasto throughout. Minor spots of paintlosses are visible upon close examination (one on 35 cm from bottom, 45 cm from left; one nearby mid bottom edge; one nearby lower edge, 38 cm from right). When examined from the back, there are patches of canvas to restore the punches in the canvas, which is most likely executed by artist himself. When examined under ultraviolet light, there are areas mostly in the centre fluoresce in dark. Please contact the department to attain the external condition report conducted by a professional restorer. Framed.
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