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Lot 2015: ZENZABURO KOJIMA

Est: $700,000 HKD - $900,000 HKDSold:
Christie'sHong Kong, Hong KongMay 26, 2012

Item Overview

Description

ZENZABURO KOJIMA
(JAPANESE, 1893-1962)
Chrysanthemum
signed in Japanese (lower left)
oil on canvas
117 x 91 cm. (46 1/4 x 35 3/4 in.)
Painted in 1942

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo City Museum, The Twelfth Dokuritsu Exhibition, 1942.
Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Zenzaburo Kojima Exhibition, 1972.
Fukuoka, Japan, Fukuoka Cultural Centre, Zenzabro Kojima Exhibition, 14 November-5 December 1976.
Nara, Japan, Nara Sogo Art Museum, Zenzaburo Kojima Exhibition, 1989.
Kojima Zenzaburo: Centennial Memorial Exhibition, (travelling exhibition), 14 July-8 August 1993, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan/20 August-12 September 1993, Chiba Sogo Department Store, Chiba, Japan 18 September-31 October 1993, The Museum of Modern Art Ibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan/17 November-5 December 1993, Odakyu Museum, Japan 4 January-6 February 1994, Mie Prefecture Art Museum, Mie, Japan.
Tokyo, Japan, The Shoto Museum of Art, Kojima Zenzaburo: Creator of the Japanese Oil Painting, 10 October - 23 November, 1998.
Tokyo, Japan, Fuchu City Museum, Pastoral Splendour: Kojima Zenzaburo, 2 June-16 July 2007.

Literature

Tokyo Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Zenzaburo Kojima Exhibition, exh. cat., Tokyo, Japan, 1972 (illustrated, plate 36).
Shueisha Publishing, Modern Japanese Art No. 10: Zenzaburo Kojima, Tokyo, Japan, 1975 (illustrated twice, plate 20; p. 116).
Fukuoka Cultural Centre, Zenzabro Kojima Exhibition, exh. cat., Fukuoka, Japan, 1976 (illustrated, plate 49).
Asahi Shimbun Publishing, Asahi Shimbun Special Issue: Zenzaburo Kojima, Japan, 1982 (illustrated, plate 35).
Nara Sogo Art Museum, Zenzaburo Kojima Exhibition, exh. cat., Nara, Japan, 1989 (illustrated, plate 34, p. 43).
Fukuoka Art Museum, Kojima Zenzaburo: Centennial Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., Fukuoka, Japan, 1993 (illustrated, p. 134; illustrated in black & white, p. 247).
The Shoto Museum of Art, Kojima Zenzaburo: Creator of the Japanese Oil Painting, exh. cat., Tokyo, Japan, 1998 (illustrated, p. 88).

Provenance

Private Collection, Japan

Notes

ZENZABURO KOJIMA
(JAPANESE, 1893-1962)
Chrysanthemum
signed in Japanese (lower left)
oil on canvas
117 x 91 cm. (46 1/4 x 35 3/4 in.)
Painted in 1942

Auction Details

Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale)

by
Christie's
May 26, 2012, 12:00 AM ChST

2203-8 Alexandra House 16-20 Chater Road, Hong Kong, HK