Izumi Kato - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction Hong Kong Sunday, November 28, 2021 | Phillips
  • “If I understand what I am doing, I will lose my motivation to make it and the purpose of creation will be lost.”— Izumi Kato

    • Provenance

      ARATANIURANO, Tokyo
      Private Collection, Japan
      Christie’s, Hong Kong, 28 November 2010, lot 1325
      Private Collection, Asia
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

    • Exhibited

      Osaka, National Museum of Art, Fifth Anniversary Exhibition: Garden of Painting - Japanese Art of the 00s, 16 January - 4 April 2010, p. 82 (illustrated)

    • Literature

      Elena Filipovic, Creamier: Contemporary Art in Culture: 10 Curators, 100 Contemporary Artists, 10 Sources, London, 2010, p. 132 (illustrated)
      Kazuko Aono, ed., Izumi Kato: Paintings and Sculptures, Kyoto, 2011, p. 82 (illustrated)

ULTRA/NEO

129

Untitled

oil on canvas
162 x 130.5 cm. (63 3/4 x 51 3/8 in.)
Painted in 2008.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$800,000 - 1,200,000 
€102,000-153,000
$103,000-154,000

Sold for HK$4,410,000

Contact Specialist

Danielle So
Specialist, Head of Day Sale
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20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction

Hong Kong Auction 29 November 2021