MOTONAGA SADAMASA Blurred Ellipse Is Red

• LOT

  301

• Artist

  MOTONAGA SADAMASA ( 1922 - 2011 )

• Estimate

  600,000 - 1,200,000 28,571 - 57,143 29,268 - 58,537 127,660 - 255,319 3,846 - 7,692

  JPY RMB HKD TWD USD

• Result

  Members only

• Details

  acrylic on canvas　framed　1995
  signed and dated
  dated, signed and titled on the reverse
  
  accompanied by a certificateof authenticity issued by Motonaga Archive Research Institution Ltd.
  Provenance: Private Collection, Kanto Region
  
  MOTONAGA SADAMASA, a Japanese picture book author and avant-garde artist. He held solo exhibitions at Tokyo Gallery and Jackson-Moyer Gallery in New York in 1961 and participated in the "New Japanese Painting and Sculpture" exhibition at MoMA in 1965. His work was featured in the 1986 "Japon des Avant-Gardes" exhibition at the Pompidou Center. In 2015, one of his works was auctioned at Sotheby's for nearly 100 million yen. He received awards at the 6th, 7th, and 10th Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibitions, the 1983 Art Culture Promotion Association Award, the Japan Art Grand Prize, and the Seoul International Print Biennale.
  Major collections: The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Dallas Museum of Art; The National Museum of Art, Osaka; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka; Mie Prefectural Art Museum.
  
  45.5×53.0cm　

• Organizer

  Jo's Auction

• Auction

  Jo's Online Auction in Jun.2026

• Catalog

  Masterpieces of Chinese and East Asian Art

• Date

  2026/06/25