Lot 539
  • 539

SHIRAGA KAZUO | Hariti (Buddhist Deity)

Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 HKD
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Description

  • Kazuo Shiraga
  • Hariti (Buddhist Deity)
  • oil on canvas
  • 73 by 90.5 cm; 28¾ by 35⅝ in.
signed in Japanese; signed and titled in Japanese on the reverseExecuted circa 1970s

Provenance

Private Collection, Japan (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner This work is accompanied with a certificate of registration issued by the Japan Art Dealers Association

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is minor discolouration along the edges. Close inspection reveals slight abrasion to the impasto on the upper right edge due to framing, with a tiny media accretion to tip of impasto underneath. No evidence of restoration when examined the work under ultraviolet light.
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