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JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY SINCE 1960 Since death is after all monochrome, I felt that I was making an offering of flowers in 'Colorscapes'. ARAKI NOBUYOSHI, 1991

ARAKI NOBUYOSHI (b.1940)

Self-Portrait from 'Shikikei' [Colorscapes], 1991

Details

ARAKI NOBUYOSHI (b.1940)
Self-Portrait from 'Shikikei' [Colorscapes], 1991
dye-bleach print
signed in ink on verso
16½ x 13 1/8in. (42 x 33.6cm.)

Literature

déjà-vu, April 1991, front cover & within; Araki, Shikikei, Magazine House, 1991, p.46.

Special notice

VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Araki photographs himself holding a framed portrait of his recently deceased wife Yoko, which was displayed at her funeral.

The photographer is no longer printing this image for the retail market.

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