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Who is the famous Japanese photographer Araki?
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The famous Japanese photographer Araki is Nobuyoshi Araki. He is well-known for his provocative, erotic photographs and prolific production; over 500 books have been devoted to his work. Araki has depicted flowers, food, figurines and bodies with a distinct sensuality that reaches its apex in his close-up shots of female genitalia, pictures of women in traditional Japanese rope bondage and photographs of Tokyo sex clubs. The photographer has had exhibitions at the Tate Modern in London, UK; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, California; and the Albertina Museum in Vienna, Austria, among other institutions.
On 1stDibs, explore an assortment of Nobuyoshi Araki photography for sale.
On 1stDibs, explore an assortment of Nobuyoshi Araki photography for sale.
1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
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Geisha Skateboard Triptych(suite of three silkscreen skateboards numbered 55/150
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in New York, NY
Nobuyoshi Araki
Geisha Skateboard Triptych, ca. 2014
Set of (3) Skateboards of Silkscreen on 7 ply Canadian Maplewood Deck
Signed in plate, Each signed on the deck and hand numbered ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Prints
Materials
Wood, Maple, Screen
Mythology - Photo by Nobuyoshi Araki - 2001
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Roma, IT
Mythology is a modern artwork realized by Nobuyoshi Araki in 2001.
Black and white gelatin silver print.
Signed on the back.
Provenance Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo .
Certificate of ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nobuyoshi Araki Signed Limited Edition Sexual Desire Portfolio I Complete Set
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Studio City, CA
A very engaging and alluring set of fifteen photographs by famed controversial Japanese photographer and contemporary artist Nobuyoshi Araki from his 2000 highly sexually charged Sexual Desire Portfolio I. Araki is best known for his provocative works that merge elements of eroticism and fine art, frequently exploring themes of intimacy, sexuality, and the fleeting nature of life. This limited edition portfolio (only 30 in total were published) comprises the complete set (quite rare as few complete sets exist today) of fifteen offset prints on watercolor paper and is published by Taka Ishii Editions, Tokyo. The collection of photographs is based on his 1996 exhibition Serie Sexual which was first presented as a large wall installation...
Category
20th Century Japanese Modern Photography
Materials
Paper
Photo-Mad Old Man A Turning 77 on 5.25.17, 4 Photographs By Nobuyoshi Araki
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Artist: Nobuyoshi Araki (b.1940)
Artwork: Photographoary: Photo-Mad Old Man A Turning 77 on 5.25.17 (set of four pieces)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Size: 11.1 × 16.7 cm. × 4 4 3/8 ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
67 Shooting Back #GDN224 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan)
67 Shooting Back #GDN224, 2007
RP Direct print
50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.)
Print only
– Nobuyoshi Araki
Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Color
Geisha Skateboard Triptych (HAND Signed and numbered 7/150) skate deck Japanese
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in New York, NY
Note: The measurements above are for each of the three skateboards in this listing
Nobuyoshi Araki
Geisha Skateboard Triptych (Hand Signed), 2014
Set of (3) Skateboards of Silkscreen...
Category
2010s Realist Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Screen
