AY-O (B. 1931)

Rainbow Sea-Scape

Details

AY-O (B. 1931)
Rainbow Sea-Scape
signed and dated 'ay-o '70' (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
183 x 244 cm. (72 x 96 in.)
Painted in 1970

Provenance

Minami Gallery, Tokyo
SBI Art Auction, 27 July 2019, lot 96
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

AY-O, exh. cat., Minami Gallery, Tokyo, 1971 (illustrated, n.p.).
XI Bienal de São Paulo, exh. cat., Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, 1971 (p. 130, no. 2).

Exhibited

Tokyo, Minami Gallery, AY-O, March 1971.
Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, XI Bienal de São Paulo, September-November 1971.

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Lot Essay

‘Abstract painting was the artistic mainstream at the time. However, I was trying to return to concepts that had been rejected by the abstract painting. A picture [that] is something we can understand at first glance…’ – Ay-O

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