DOMOTO HISAO | Untitled

signed in Japanese and English and dated 1958 on the reverse

Private Collection, Europe
Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1994, lot 185
Takashimaya Department, Tokyo
Private Collection, Japan
Thence by descent from the above to the present owner

Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Von der Heydt-Museum, Moderne Kunst in Wuppertaler Privatbesitz, 1958

This work is in good condition. There is gentle wear to edges. The canvas contains slightly loose stretcher tension. There are two minor paint losses to the lower centre, thus slight flaking of inmpasto to the associated area (14 cm from bottom, 76 cm from the right). There are drying craquleures especially to the impasto on the left, inherent to the choice of medium and age of the work. No evidence of restoration when examined under ultraviolet light.
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