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SHIRAGA KAZUO The Coming of Spring

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    844

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    SHIRAGA KAZUO ( 1924 - 2008 )

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    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.) 

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    2025/10/23

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SHIRAGA KAZUO The Coming of Spring

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