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Atsuko Tanaka
Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 USD
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Description
- Atsuko Tanaka
- '99A
- signed, titled and dated '99 on the reverse
- enamel on canvas
- 45 3/4 by 28 1/2 in. 116.2 by 72.4 cm.
- Executed in 1999-2000.
Provenance
Private Collection, Japan
Exhibited
Ashiya City Museum of Art and History; Shizuoka, Prefectural Museum of Art, Atsuko Tanaka: Search for an Unknown Aesthetic 1954-2000, 2001, cat. no. 296, p. 187, illustrated
Literature
Galleria Col, Ed., Atsuko Tanaka: Catalogue Raisonné, Osaka 2015, pp. 476-477, illustrated
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. There is very light evidence of handling along the edges including a faint hairline crack along the bottom near the pull margin and along the right edge. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. Under very close inspection there are a few scattered pinpoint surface accretions visible as well as a very light drip accretion at the lower center. Under raking light, some scattered and unobtrusive light abrasions are visible throughout the work. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"These paintings balance precariously between the memory of technical drawings and the creation of a new visual language for a technologically ambitious post-war Japan. For almost half a century now, she has painted nothing else, creating a complex visual system out of two simple elements...The paintings grew out of Tanaka's Revolutionary artistic experiments...It was through this early body of work that Tanaka launched a critical attack on automatist gesturality, the orthodox mode of expression for her generation. Her works brought a level of conceptual sophistication to the Gutai that encouraged the group to question the boundaries of art."
Ming Tiampo
Exh. Cat., New York, Grey Art Gallery, Electrifying Art: Atsuko Tanaka, 1954-1968, 2004, p.76