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    Japanese and Korean Art

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    16 September 2003

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    • Ay-O (b. 1931)
    Lot 204

    Ay-O (b. 1931)

    Price realised

    USD 5,378

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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    Ay-O (b. 1931)
    Black hole No. 2 (24 Rainbow Gradation.left)
    Signed at each corner Ay-O; signed, titled and dated by the artist in Roman print on stretcher bar
    Acrylic on canvas
    51 3/16 x 63¾in. (130 x 162cm.)
    Painted 1990

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    Lot Essay

    Born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Ay-O lives in New York and Kiyose, Japan. Known for rainbow-design paintings and prints, he was in George Maciunas' vanguard "Tokyo Fluxus" group along with Yoko Ono, in the early 1960s.

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