Lot 158
  • 158

Shinkichi Tajiri (b. 1923)

Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Shinkichi Tajiri
  • B.R.M.
  • polyester

  • 133 by 40 by 40 cm.
  • Executed in 1976, this piece is unique and repainted by the artist in 1992.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

Deventer, Bergkerk Kunst, Collectie Barends, August - September 1992, pp. 72-73, illustrated in colour (illustration of the original version)

Literature

Hestia Bavelaar and Els Barents, Shinkichi Tajiri - beeldhouwer sculptor, Ghent 1990, p. 82, no. 70, illustration of the bronze cast executed in 1967

Condition

apart from two small chips, which can easily be repaired, on the corner and edge of the base this work is in very good condition
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