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SHIRAGA KAZUO ( 1924 - 2008 )
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oil on autograph board framed Date 1976
signed
titled, dated and signed on the reverse
accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Japan Art Dealers Association
Provenance: Private Collection, Hyogo
SHIRAGA KAZUO, Japanese abstract painter. He formed the "0-kai" in 1952 with MURAKAMI SABURO, KANAYAMA AKIRA and TANAKA ATSUKO, and in 1955 joined the avant-garde art group "Gutai Art Association," a group of artists who led the postwar Japanese avant-garde art movement, together with MURAKAMI and others, and is known as a core member of the Gutai Art Association. His works, created using an unprecedented and unique method of foot painting, have been highly acclaimed overseas as well.
Major collections: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The National Museum of Art, Osaka; Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, and Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
27.2×24.2cm
(10 ⅝ × 9 ½ in.)
2025/04/19
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