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SUDA KOKUTA ( 1906 - 1990 )
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oil on canvas framed 1962
signed
signed and dated on the reverse
Provenance: Private Collection
SUDA KOKUTA, Japanese Western-style painter. He has been active in the Bunten and Nitten exhibitions, as well as the Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Art and the International Exhibition of Japanese Art. He started out as a figurative painter, winning many special prizes at government exhibitions, but after 1949, he moved on to abstract paintings. His paintings are characterized by a strong and unrestrained touch, and have been exhibited at the Japan International Art Exhibition (1955-1966), the Sao Paulo Biennial (1957), the Premio Lissone (1960), the Pittsburgh Carnegie Exhibition (1961). His work has been exhibited in international exhibitions such as (Omitted) .
Major Collections: Museum of Modern Art, Saitama; Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City; Iida City Museum of Art; Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art; Sakima Art Museum.
Created during the early 1960s, when Suda Kokuta further developed his abstract expression, this work embodies the artist's pursuit of the physical presence of painting itself. Dominated by deep black tones, vigorous brushwork, and rich impasto, it balances expressive intensity with a refined compositional structure, representing an important stage leading to his later mature works.
51.3×44.0cm
(20 ¼ × 17 ⅜ in.)(F10)
2026/10/21
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