Nobuyoshi Araki - Photographs London Friday, October 25, 2019 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Acquired directly form the artist

  • Literature

    Araki by Araki: The Photographer’s Personal Selection, 1963–2002, London: Kodansha, 2003, p. 276
    Nobuyoshi Araki: Self, Life, Death, London:Phaidon, 2005, p. 322
    J. Sans, Araki, Cologne: Taschen, 2007, cover and p. 25

  • Catalogue Essay

    ‘Taking photographs is like heartbeat and breathing. The sound of pressing the shutter is like a heartbeat. I don’t think about productivity at all. I just shoot life itself. It is very natural for me.’
    Nobuyoshi Araki

19

Colorscapes

1991
Dye destruction print, printed later and flush-mounted.
Image: 126.5 x 100.4 cm (49 3/4 x 39 1/2 in.)
Frame: 141.8 x 108.2 cm (55 7/8 x 42 5/8 in.)

Signed in ink in the margin.

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for £25,000

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London Auction 25 October 2019