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Kazuo Shiraga

Myojyu (Mysterious Spell)

Auction Closed

June 26, 03:48 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Kazuo Shiraga

1924 - 2008


Myojyu (Mysterious Spell)

incised with the artist's signature and dated 80.4 (lower right); signed in Japanese and titled in Japanese (on the stretcher)

oil on canvas

100 by 80.5 cm. 39⅜ by 31¾ in.

framed: 108 by 88.4 cm. 42½ by 34¾ in.

Executed in 1980.

Private Collection

Mainichi Auction, 30 November 2019, lot 173

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Hyogo, Ashiya Civic Centre, The 33rd Ashiya City Exhibition, June 1980

Hyogo, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, The 8th Local Art General Exhibition, February - March 1981