TOGO SEIJI Town of Memories

• LOT

  1873

• Artist

  TOGO SEIJI ( 1897 - 1978 )

• Estimate

  800,000 - 1,200,000 34,783 - 52,174 40,000 - 60,000 160,000 - 240,000 5,000 - 7,500

  JPY RMB HKD TWD USD

• Result

  Members only

• Details

  oil on canvas　framed　
  signed
  a certificate of authenticity issued by Togo Tamami affixed to the reverse
  
  TOGO SEIJI was an important figure in twentieth-century Japanese Western-style painting. In 1916, Woman with a Parasol received the Nika Prize, bringing him early recognition as an avant-garde artist. During his seven-year stay in France from 1921 to 1928, he studied Western painting and exchanged ideas with artists including Pablo Picasso, absorbing influences from Futurism and Cubism while developing a distinctive language that combined geometric structure with lyrical expression. After returning to Japan, Togo became active in the Nika Association and worked across a wide range of fields, including oil painting, murals, book design, illustration and stage design. From the late 1930s, he developed refined female figures characterised by elegant contours and delicate tonal harmonies, which became known as his "Togo beauties". After the Second World War, he contributed to the reconstruction of the Nika Association and promoted international artistic exchange. His work occupies an important position in the development of modern Japanese art, and is held in major collections including the SOMPO Museum of Art.
  
  129.0×88.5cm
  (50 ¾ × 34 ⅞ in.)(P60)　

• Organizer

  Jo's Auction

• Auction

  Jo’s Auction Autumn Auction of Art Works 2026

• Catalog

  Contemporary Art/Modern&Post-War Art

• Date

  2026/10/21