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Torso 12 (Torso 12), 1966

Creator: Shigeki Kitani
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Shigeki Kitani
Torso 12 (Torso 12), 1966
Three-dimensional painting, oil on canvas
Size 36½ × 45¾ × 10¼ in. (92.8 × 116.2 × 26 cm)
T-2220

Signed at lower right corner: 66.1 S. Kitani Formerly stored at Ashiya City Museum of Art and History

Provenance

Exhibitions
Exhibited: Gendai Bijutsu no shinsedai ten 現代美術の新世代 (New Generation of Contemporary Art Exhibition), Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan 国立近代美術館 (National Museum of Modern Art), Tokyo, January 21–February 27, 1966; Kitani Shigeki 1947–1970 ten 喜谷繁暉 1947–1970 展 (Shigeki Kitani 1947–1970 Exhibition), Miyazaki Garō みやざき画廊 (Miyazaki Gallery), Osaka, January 26–31, 1970; “Gutai": Nippon no zen'ei jūhachinen no kiseki 「具体」：ニッポンの前衛18年の軌跡 (Gutai: The Spirit of an Era), Kokuritsu Shin Bijutsukan 国立新美術館 (The National Art Center), Tokyo, July 4–September 10, 2012

Published: SD (Space Design), no. 15 (March 1966); Gendai bijutsu 現代美術, 9 May, 1966; Gendaishi techō 現代詩手帖, vol. 9 no. 7 (July 1966); Kokuritsu Shin Bijutsukan 国立新美術館 (The National Art Center, Tokyo), “Gutai": Nippon no zen'ei jūhachinen no kiseki 「具体」：ニッポンの前衛18年の軌跡 (Gutai: The Spirit of an Era). Tokyo: Kokuritsu Shin Bijutsukan 国立新美術館 (The National Art Center), 2012, cat. no. 124

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1950-1979
Creation Date:	1966
Styles / Movements:	Abstract Expressionism, Asian Art
Incollect Reference #:	814341

Dimensions

W.	45.75 in;	H.	36.5 in;	D.	10.25 in;
W.	116.21 cm;	H.	92.71 cm;	D.	26.04 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen Gallery, now located at 8 East 67th Street, New York City, NY 10065, specializes in important Japanese paintings, folding screens, hanging scrolls, ceramics, ikebana bamboo baskets, lacquerware, and contemporary works by select artists. Owned and directed by Erik and Cornelia Thomsen, the gallery brings decades of expertise in Japanese art to a global clientele, including private collectors and major museums. For inquiries, contact them at 212-288-2588 or info@thomsengallery.com.