LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

71.65 in. (182.00 cm.) (height) by 107.48 in. (273.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Japanese and dated 1959.5; signed on the back

Exhibited:

Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Museum,. 8th Gutaï Art Exhibition , 25 -30 August 1959

Literature:

Document Gutaï 1954-1972 , edited by Ashiya City Museum of Art & History, Ashiya, 1993, pp.139-141, illustrated. . Kazuo Shiraga , exhibition catalogue at Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, 2001, p.99, illustrated. . Kazuo Shiraga: Painting Born Out of Fighting , exhibition catalogue at Toyoshina, Azumino Municipal Museum of Art, Amagazaki Cultural Center, Yokosuka Museum of Art, 2009, no.313, illustrated in colour. . Body and Matter, Kazuo Shiraga, Satoru Hishino , exhibition catalogue, Dominique Levy Gallery, New York, 2015, p.116, illustrated

Provenance:

Galleria d'Arte Braidense, Milan. Private collection, Milan