A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection
KAZUO SHIRAGA (1924-2008)
Hoshōkai (Lop Nur)
Details
KAZUO SHIRAGA (1924-2008)
Hoshōkai (Lop Nur)
signed in Japanese (lower right); signed again in Japanese, titled and dated 'Nov 1988 Hoshōkai' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
71 1/8 x 89 3/8 in. (181 x 227 cm.)
Painted in 1988.
Hoshōkai (Lop Nur)
signed in Japanese (lower right); signed again in Japanese, titled and dated 'Nov 1988 Hoshōkai' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
71 1/8 x 89 3/8 in. (181 x 227 cm.)
Painted in 1988.
Provenance
Private collection, Japan
Axel Vervoordt Co., Antwerp
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2012
Axel Vervoordt Co., Antwerp
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2012
Literature
B. Davis, "Ben Davis On Why Kazuo Shiraga Was One of the World’s Most Radical Painters and Still Is", Artnet News, 20 February 2015 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Tokyo Gallery, Kazuo Shiraga Solo Exhibition, January 1990, n.p. (illustrated).
Toyoshina, Azumino Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Kazuo Shiraga: Painting Born out of Fighting, April-June 2009, p. 159 (illustrated).
New York, Mnuchin Gallery, Kazuo Shiraga, February-April 2015, pp. 74-77 and 103 (illustrated).
Toyoshina, Azumino Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Kazuo Shiraga: Painting Born out of Fighting, April-June 2009, p. 159 (illustrated).
New York, Mnuchin Gallery, Kazuo Shiraga, February-April 2015, pp. 74-77 and 103 (illustrated).
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