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荒木経惟 Nobuyoshi Araki
Five works from the Theater of Love Series
- Estimate
- $18,000 - 22,000
Lot Details
unique vintage gelatin silver prints
each 5 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.2 cm)
(i) Signed and inscribed "11-27 Nobuyoshi Araki" on the reverse.
(ii) Signed and inscribed "3-13-20 Nobuyoshi Araki" on the reverse.
(iii) Signed and inscribed "27-22 Nobuyoshi Araki" on the reverse.
(iv) Signed and inscribed "5-4 Nobuyoshi Araki" on the reverse.
(v) Signed and inscribed "3-13-21 Nobuyoshi Araki" on the reverse.
(ii) Signed and inscribed "3-13-20 Nobuyoshi Araki" on the reverse.
(iii) Signed and inscribed "27-22 Nobuyoshi Araki" on the reverse.
(iv) Signed and inscribed "5-4 Nobuyoshi Araki" on the reverse.
(v) Signed and inscribed "3-13-21 Nobuyoshi Araki" on the reverse.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
"I found a cabinet sized box labeled ‘Theater of Love’. I opened it to find about 150 prints. It’s from around ‘65. Back then I used to click away with my Olympus Pen F, making these patchy prints using thermal development on purpose; the woman, the era, and the place are all photographed there, it’s all expressed. So, I used to say ‘Theater of Love’ back then, eh. Well, anyway, it’s good, huh, they are good photos. This sort of thing isn’t going to happen on digital." Nobuyoshi Araki, 2010
Provenance
Exhibited
Literature