Heimen [Plane]

Details

Yamaguchi Takeo (1902-1983)
Heimen [Plane]
Paper label to the reverse signed Yamaguchi Takeo, titled and dated
Painted in May 1968
Oil on board
60.5 x 91.2 cm.

Literature

Yamaguchi Takeo, Yamaguchi Takeo sakuhin shu [A Collection of Works by Yamaguchi Takeo], (Tokyo, 1981), no. 292

Exhibited

Minami Gallery, 1968, Yamaguchi Takeo solo exhibition

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Lot Essay

Although defined as abstract, his work was a product of extensive observation resulting in paintings of great depth and complexity. Heimen [Plane], 1968 is an important work from his mature period.

For a similar work executed the same year as this work in the collection of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, go to https://search.artmuseums.go.jp/search_e/records.php?sakuhin=5013

Yamaguchi's work has entered many important museum collections including:
The Guggenheim, New York, go to https://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artwork/4311
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, go to https://search.artmuseums.go.jp/search_e/records.php?sakuhin=156567
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, go to https://search.artmuseums.go.jp/search_e/records.php?sakuhin=50201

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