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Masaaki YamadaWork C.234, 1965, oil on canvas abstract painting by Masaaki Yamada.1965
1965
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Masaaki Yamada (1929-2010)
Work C.234
Executed in 1965
Oil on canvas
91 x 91 cm.
Signed and dated in Japanese and Western characters (on the reverse)
Painted in 1965, Work C.234 belongs to Yamada’s pivotal “Work” series, a cycle that marked his complete departure from figuration into pure abstraction. Here, the canvas is dominated by a pale, nearly achromatic surface divided by a delicately painted blue cross. At once austere and meditative, the composition embodies Yamada’s pursuit of simplicity through reduction, a path that would define his practice for decades.
Art historians have described this phase of Yamada’s work as an “ascetic exercise of repentance,” noting how his once vibrant chromatic spectrum was gradually pared down to faint tonalities of white, cream, and grey. Against this restrained backdrop, the cross motif emerges with quiet authority. In contrast to the expansiveness of his stripe paintings, the cross carries an air of solemnity and determinism, echoing its longstanding associations in Western art and Medieval Christianity.
In Work C.234, the cross becomes more than a geometric division of space—it is a symbol of discipline, penance, and inevitability. Yamada’s meticulous handling of line and surface conveys both spiritual rigor and painterly sensitivity, situating the work as a profound meditation on form, color, and transcendence.
- Creator:Masaaki Yamada (1929 - 2010, Japanese)
- Creation Year:1965
- Dimensions:Height: 35.83 in (91 cm)Width: 35.83 in (91 cm)
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- Condition:Condition Report Slight surface dirt at the top left and bottom right corner of the painting, otherwise paint layer in original and excellent condition. Canvas in original and excellent condition. Examined under UV light: no signs of restoration.
- Gallery Location:Hong Kong, HK
- Reference Number:Seller: MY-0041stDibs: LU1545216330672
Masaaki Yamada
Born in Tokyo in 1929, Masaaki Yamada is a remarkable figure in Japanese Post-War art world.
During his artistic exploration stretching for almost 6 decades, he coherently and meticulously explored abstraction in its several nuances, creating a complex and intimately connected corpus of artworks.
Three major series are identifiable in his production: Still-Life (1948-55), in which he decomposed the forms of still lives into their essential lines and shapes to converge into semi-abstract compositions. Work (1956-95), characterized by geometric forms such as stripes and squares; in this series, that is regarded as the most accomplished in his production, he evolved from geometric forms similar to the ones that could be noticed in certain seminal works of Josef Albers to artworks characterized by softly delineated stripes in soft colors, in a style similar - but de facto pre-dating - Agnes Martin’s most recognizable paintings. Color (1997-2010), in which he explored subtle shades of a single color, different in each composition.
While object of several exhibitions in Japan and abroad, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, it is mostly after the ground-breaking retrospective Exhibition “endless: The Paintings of YAMADA Masaaki” at The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo and Kyoto in 2016, that Masaaki Yamada started to gain traction and to be recognized worldwide.
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