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LEE U-FAN ( 1936 - )
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mineral pigment and oil on canvas framed 1993
signed and dated
titled, dated and signed on the reverse
Provenance: Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo (gallery label affixed to the reverse)
LEE U-FAN is an internationally acclaimed artist and a leading figure of the Mono-ha movement. He came to Japan in 1956 to study philosophy at Nihon University, where he absorbed a wide range of Eastern and Western thought and literature and played a pivotal role in the development of the Mono-ha movement. He had solo exhibitions at some of the world's most prominent museums, including the Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA, in 2011 and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Metz, France, in 2019. In 2010, he opened the Lee Ufan Museum in Naoshima, Japan, in collaboration with Ando Tadao. He also established the Space LeeUFan Gallery on the grounds of the Busan Municipal Museum of Art.
Major Collections: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Guggenheim Museum; Centre Pompidou; Tate Gallery; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; National Museum of Art, Osaka; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
73.0×61.0cm
(28 ¾ × 24 in.)(F20)
2026/10/21
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