Lot 604: NASAKA YUKO | 537-2

framed

120.3 by 80 cm; 47⅜ by 31½ in.

resin and lacquer on canvas mounted on board

This work is in good condition with hairline craquelures throughout. There is minor paint loss and surface abrasions to the extreme edges and to the stripes of the resin throughout. A minor chip to the impasto on the curved strip of the middle-left panel is visible upon close inspection. When examined under ultraviolet light, there appears to be possible in-painting throughout all panels which fluorescence darkly, especially on the lower panels.
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Private Collection
Shinwa Art Auction, Tokyo, 5 April 2008, lot 61
Acquired by the present owner form the above sale