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Nasaka Senkichiro (1923-2014)
Work K
Signed and dated lower right '75 S. Nasaka and to the reverse in Japanese Nasaka Senkichiro, dated and titled as above
Painted in 1975
Mixed media on board
45.2 x 37.4 cm.

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Lot Essay

Nasaka Senkichiro graduated from the Department of Japanese Painting, Kyoto City University of Arts in 1952 after also studying at the Nakanoshima Western-Style Painting Institute and Kawabata Painting School, Tokyo. He joined Gutai in 1965, remaining until 1972 and like other Gutai artists in the 1960s and early 70s, he was also interested in technology and progress, utilising electric motors to apply paint and creating large installations with tubes.

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