Shozo Shimamoto
(Osaka 1928 - 2013)
Capri 37, 2008, signed Shozo, acrylic, glass fragments on light canvas, 197 x 127 cm, strip frame
The work was realised during a performance with cups and bottles in Certosa di San Giacomo, Capri.
Photo Certificate:
Associazione Shozo Shimamoto, Naples, archive no. 654, signed by the artist
Provenance:
Galleria Hofficina, Rome
Private Collection, Italy
Exhibition:
Rome, Shozo Shimamoto 1950–2008, La pittura è la durata dell’azione, Hofficina Art Gallery, April 2009, exh.-cat. by Achille Bonito Oliva, p. 25 with ill.
With the assistance of zen culture, oriental artists have introduced intelligent chance into the creative process, that is, the possibility of a gesture that in its impetus hits the target and reaches form. This is precisely what Shimamoto, a performer of painting, does.
(Achille Bonito Oliva, Shozo Shimamoto, Samurai, acrobata dello sguardo, 2009)
Specialist: Maria Cristina Corsini
Maria Cristina Corsini
+39-06-699 23 671
maria.corsini@dorotheum.it
27.11.2014 - 14:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 45,000.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 28,000.- to EUR 32,000.-
Shozo Shimamoto
(Osaka 1928 - 2013)
Capri 37, 2008, signed Shozo, acrylic, glass fragments on light canvas, 197 x 127 cm, strip frame
The work was realised during a performance with cups and bottles in Certosa di San Giacomo, Capri.
Photo Certificate:
Associazione Shozo Shimamoto, Naples, archive no. 654, signed by the artist
Provenance:
Galleria Hofficina, Rome
Private Collection, Italy
Exhibition:
Rome, Shozo Shimamoto 1950–2008, La pittura è la durata dell’azione, Hofficina Art Gallery, April 2009, exh.-cat. by Achille Bonito Oliva, p. 25 with ill.
With the assistance of zen culture, oriental artists have introduced intelligent chance into the creative process, that is, the possibility of a gesture that in its impetus hits the target and reaches form. This is precisely what Shimamoto, a performer of painting, does.
(Achille Bonito Oliva, Shozo Shimamoto, Samurai, acrobata dello sguardo, 2009)
Specialist: Maria Cristina Corsini
Maria Cristina Corsini
+39-06-699 23 671
maria.corsini@dorotheum.it
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art - Part 2 |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 27.11.2014 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 15.11. - 27.11.2014 |
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