SHIRAGA KAZUO The Coming of Spring

• LOT

  844

• Artist

  SHIRAGA KAZUO ( 1924 - 2008 )

• Estimate

  1,500,000 - 2,500,000 75,000 - 125,000 78,947 - 131,579 300,000 - 500,000 10,000 - 16,667

  JPY RMB HKD TWD USD

• Result

  JPY1,700,000

• Details

  watercolor on paper　framed　1994
  signed and dated
  titled, dated, signed and stamped signature on the reverse
  accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Japan Art Dealers Association
  Provenance: A Gallery in Toyama
  
  SHIRAGA KAZUO, was a leading abstract painter of Japan's postwar avant-garde, distinguished by his original methods and overwhelming physicality. In 1952 he co-founded the Zero Society with Murakami Saburo, Kanayama Akira, and Tanaka Atsuko, and in 1955 joined the Gutai Art Association, led by Yoshihara Jiro, becoming one of its central members.
  Shiraga is best known for his unprecedented "foot painting" technique, in which he painted on canvases placed on the floor while suspended by ropes, using his feet to manipulate paint. This radical method fused corporeality, movement, and improvisation with painting, generating works of extraordinary dynamism and energy.
  While resonating with contemporaneous Western movements such as Art Informel and Action Painting, his work also embodied Eastern spirituality and the Zen concept of "mushin" (no-mind), establishing a unique artistic world.
  Major collections: M+ Museum, Hong Kong; The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The National Museum of Art, Osaka; Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka; and Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art.
  
  34.7×25.5cm
  (13 ⅝ × 10 in.)　

• Organizer

  Jo's Auction

• Auction

  Jo’s Auction Autumn Auction of Art Works 2025

• Catalog

  Contemporary Art/Modern&Post-War Art

• Date

  2025/10/23