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Gutai Object, Paris Period by Takesada Matsutani
By Takesada Matsutani
Located in Soquel, CA
early seventies, Matsutani was a key member of the ‘second generation’ of the Gutai Art Association
Category

1980s Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Laminate, Graphite, Other Medium

Work by Senkichiro Nasaka. Painting on paper executed in 1962 (abstract)
By Senkichiro Nasaka
Located in Hong Kong, HK
informel style. In 1965 Nasaka presented his work to the 15th Gutai Art Exhibition and became member of
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Work by Senkichiro Nasaka. Painting on paper executed in 1963 (abstract)
By Senkichiro Nasaka
Located in Hong Kong, HK
under the influence of the informel style. In 1965 Nasaka presented his work to the 15th Gutai Art
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Work by Senkichiro Nasaka. Mixed media on paper (1962) (abstract painting)
By Senkichiro Nasaka
Located in Hong Kong, HK
informel style. In 1965 Nasaka presented his work to the 15th Gutai Art Exhibition and became member of
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"White Blue Green" original painting by Japanese Gutai artist Motonaga
Located in London, GB
Sadamasa Motonaga 1922 - 2011 White Blue Green, 2000 acrylic on canvas 61 x 73 cm 24 x 28 3/4 in In pristine condition, framed in a bespoke white box frame
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Propagation-L, mid century figurative abstract screenprint, 20th century artist
By Takesada Matsutani
Located in Beachwood, OH
object-based sculpture, printmaking and installation. Matsutani was a member of the Gutai Art Association
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Soleil Fendu by TOSHIMITSU ÏMAI - Abstract, Oil painting, Art Informel Movement
By Toshimitsu Imai
Located in London, GB
Gutai occurred. The Ashiya-based Gutai Art Association formed in 1954 was proclaimed a kindred spirit by
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vagues 'Wave' by TOSHIMITSU IMAÏ - Abstract Art, 20th-Century Japanese Artist
By Toshimitsu Imai
Located in London, GB
to travel to Japan, that a connection between Art Informel and Gutai occurred. The Ashiya-based Gutai
Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Red Composition by TOSHIMITSU ÏMAI - Contemporary, Abstract, Oil on canvas
By Toshimitsu Imai
Located in London, GB
to travel to Japan, that a connection between Art Informel and Gutai occurred. The Ashiya-based Gutai
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Chevalier by Toshimitsu Imai, Abstract, Art Informel Movement
By Toshimitsu Imai
Located in PARIS, FR
pieces. Imai's significance in fostering cultural exchange between the Gutai group and the Western art
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"#B-119" Tadasky, Op-Art, Psychadelic Illusion Pattern, Concurrent Circles
By Tadasky / Tadasuke Kuwayama
Located in New York, NY
himself about modern and Western art from books. His eyes were opened to the power of abstraction through
Category

1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Kumi Sugaï Limited Edition Silkscreen Print Capricorn 1973
By Kumi Sugai
Located in Weesp, NL
Arts in 1933 when he was fourteen. He met with the Gutai Art Association founder, Jiro Yoshihara which
Category

Vintage 1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

Untitled
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Very rare ceramic by Gutai avant-garde artist Sadamasa Motonaga. Has a brilliant copper metallic
Category

1990s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Untitled
H 10 in W 8 in D 1 in
Limited Edition 1970 Lithograph by Kumi Sugai
By Kumi Sugai
Located in Weesp, NL
at the Osaka School of Fine Arts in 1933 when he was fourteen. He met with the Gutai Art Association
Category

Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

Invitation to the Paradise #11
Located in San Francisco, CA
-garde art group “Kyushu-ha”. Kyushu-ha” created a major trend among contemporary art in post-war Japan
Category

1970s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Kumi Sugaï 1973 Edition Silkscreen Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
By Kumi Sugai
Located in Weesp, NL
of Fine Arts in 1933 when he was fourteen. He met with the Gutai Art Association founder, Jiro
Category

Vintage 1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
artist and illustrator in Japan; later, he joined the Gutai, a Japanese artist collective known for its
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton, Acrylic, Board

The Circle, Triangle, and Green acrylic on canvas painting by Sadamasa Motonaga
Located in Hong Kong, HK
abstract painter and a first-generation member of the Gutai avant-garde group. Born in 1922 in Mie
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled. Acrylic on canvas painting by Sadamasa Motonaga executed in 1984
Located in Hong Kong, HK
and a first-generation member of the Gutai avant-garde group. Born in 1922 in Mie Prefecture, Japan
Category

1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Like a stairway. Acrylic on canvas painting by Sadamasa Motonaga (1985)
Located in Hong Kong, HK
member of the Gutai avant-garde group. Born in 1922 in Mie Prefecture, Japan, initially Motonaga sought
Category

1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
and founding member of the avant-garde Gutai group, Sadamasa Motonaga. Signed lower left, "S
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Love and Earth
Located in London, GB
forms. His works recall the influence of Minimalism and the Gutai avant-garde movement. By placing
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled by Yuko Nasaka. Resin and lacquer on board (1984) (abstract sculpture)
By Yuko Nasaka
Located in Hong Kong, HK
few women to become a member of the avant-garde Gutai group; in 1963, aged only twenty-four years old
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Lacquer, Board

Untitled by Yuko Nasaka. Resin and lacquer on board (1984) (abstract sculpture)
By Yuko Nasaka
Located in Hong Kong, HK
few women to become a member of the avant-garde Gutai group; in 1963, aged only twenty-four years old
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Lacquer, Board

Hommage a Poliakoff, Tachiste Abstract Acrylic on Paper.
By Serge Poliakoff
Located in Cotignac, FR
painting in the Tachiste art style. Primary colourfields are overlaid without perspective and invite the
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Abstract Painting by Postwar Japanese Avant-Garde Artist Toshimitsu Imai
By Toshimitsu Imai
Located in PARIS, FR
pieces. Imai's significance in fostering cultural exchange between the Gutai group and the Western art
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Gelb-Rot-Blau-Braun, Tachiste Abstract
Located in Cotignac, FR
Fujiko, grand masters of the Gutai movement. In 1988, Arlandis created the stained glass for the church
Category

1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

No Exit
By Enrico Donati
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
in New York where he studied at the New School for Social Research and the Art Students' League
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

No Exit
No Exit
H 36 in W 32 in D 3 in
The Beach, Geometric Abstract Aquatint Etching by Takesada Matsutani
By Takesada Matsutani
Located in Long Island City, NY
member of the Gutai group from 1963 to the dissolution of the group in 1972. The print is hand-signed and
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Untitled, Artist Proof
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
in botany and psychology before beginning to pursue a career in art. The artist traveled widely
Category

1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Takashi Matsutani Vintage Japanese Etching Titled "La Propagation" Framed
By Takashi Matsutani
Located in North Miami, FL
of 73 has been recognized worldwide. He was recognized in Art in America May 2010 and had a show at
Category

Vintage 1960s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Drawings

Materials

Paper, Wood

Sadaharu Horio by Atsuo Yamamoto, Axel Vervoordt and Heinz-Norbert Joks
Located in valatie, NY
, is a third-generation Gutai artist and a pioneer in modern Kobe performance art. He plucks various
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Books

Materials

Paper

TREES DEEP SNOW #15
By Tomioka Soichiro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Soichiro Tomioka was considered to be part of the Gutai movement, which sought to break through the
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

C-114 (Red and Yellow)
By Tadasky / Tadasuke Kuwayama
Located in New York, NY
Tadasky's paintings of bright concentric circles were featured in the Museum of Modern Art's 1965
Category

1960s Op Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

M-282
By Tadasky / Tadasuke Kuwayama
Located in New York, NY
Tadasky's paintings of bright concentric circles were featured in the Museum of Modern Art's 1965
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Op Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

J-113 (Red Center with Blue Edge)
By Tadasky / Tadasuke Kuwayama
Located in New York, NY
Tadasky's paintings of bright concentric circles were featured in the Museum of Modern Art's 1965
Category

1990s Op Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

E-137A (Textured Red with Blue)
By Tadasky / Tadasuke Kuwayama
Located in New York, NY
Tadasky's paintings of bright concentric circles were featured in the Museum of Modern Art's 1965
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Canvas

E-154 (Textured Yellow on Blue-Gray)
By Tadasky / Tadasuke Kuwayama
Located in New York, NY
Tadasky's paintings of bright concentric circles were featured in the Museum of Modern Art's 1965
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

M-221 (Small Multicolor with Blue Center)
By Tadasky / Tadasuke Kuwayama
Located in New York, NY
Tadasky's paintings of bright concentric circles were featured in the Museum of Modern Art's 1965
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic Polymer

Untitled 82
By Shozo Shimamoto
Located in New York, NY
1928, and attended Kansui Gakuin University. Well-known for his contributions to Gutai and the
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Glass

Untitled
By Shozo Shimamoto
Located in New York, NY
Gutai and the development of the mail art movement, Shimamoto’s work has been included in a number of
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Glass

Untitled
H 36.5 in W 56.25 in
Untitled SHIM-77
By Shozo Shimamoto
Located in New York, NY
Gutai and the development of the mail art movement, Shimamoto’s work has been included in a number of
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Newsprint

Early 20th Century Enso Zen Circle by Zen Master Shuhan Genpo
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Yoshihara (1905-1972), one of the leading figures of the Japanese post-war movement Gutai, who painted also
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paper

"E-128, 1969" Red and Yellow Luminous Painting
By Tadasky / Tadasuke Kuwayama
Located in Houston, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI in 1961. Tadasky's first stop was New York where he decided
Category

1960s Op Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Orange Tent" Kikuo Saito, Color Field Abstract Expressionism, Japanese-American
By Kikuo Saito
Located in New York, NY
well as contemporary movements such as the Gutai Group. He also had an interest in the burgeoning New
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Kazuo Shiraga - "Passionate Winner", 1988 - silkscreen, framed
By Kazuo Shiraga
Located in EL Waalre, NL
Tokyo, the Dallas Museum of Art, and Gutai featured in a survey show at the Guggenheim in New York in
Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

Emergence #3 Japan - Gutai Movement Abstract Exp - Kuniko June (Steel) Nakamura
By Kuniko Nakamura
Located in Soquel, CA
Emergence #3 Japan - Gutai Movement Abstract Expressionist - Kuniko June (Steel) Nakamura (American
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Abstract in Blue & Black by Kuniko Nakamura Rare Japanese Gutai Movement
By Kuniko Nakamura
Located in Soquel, CA
is signed "Nakamura" on verso ("Emergence #3"). Abstract Expressionist and Gutai Movement artist
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shozo Shimamoto, by Axel Vervoordt Gallery, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
main proponents of the Gutai Art Association, features historical photographic documentation
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Books

Materials

Paper

Ryuji Tanaka by Alexandre Carel, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
-real Art Association and Gutai. The first actively introduced Western avant-garde expressions within
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Books

Materials

Paper

Enrico Donati Abstract Expressionist Brutalist Bronze Sculpture Surrealist Art
By Enrico Donati
Located in Surfside, FL
painter and sculptor whose work also bore affinites to Abstract Expressionist art. Enrico Donati studied
Category

20th Century Surrealist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Abstract Landscape
By Kuniko Nakamura
Located in Soquel, CA
we have). Unframed. Image, 40"H x 50"W. Abstract Expressionist and Gutai Movement artist Kuniko June
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Phenomena Center Burn", Abstract, Flowing, Reds, Blues, Organic, Acrylic Canvas
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Detroit, MI
aesthetically described by Dr. Louis A. Zona, Director of the Butler Institute of American Art. “The paintings
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Claire Falkenstein Abstract Assemblage Sculpture Welded Iron Cobalt Glass
By Claire Falkenstein
Located in Surfside, FL
involved with art groups as radical as the Gutai Group in Japan and art autre in Paris and secured a
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Lyrical Abstract Expressionist Color Field Silkscreen Kikuo Saito Japanese Print
By Kikuo Saito
Located in Surfside, FL
such as the Gutai Group. He also had an interest in the burgeoning New York City art world and
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Kazuo Shiraga, Gallery by Dominique Lévy and Axel Vervoordt, 1st Ed Exh. Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
/Axel Vervoordt Gallery, 2016. This book presents the work of Gutai artist Kazuo Shiraga (1924-2008
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

Materials

Paper

Kazuo Shiraga, Gallery by Dominique Lévy and Axel Vervoordt, 1st Ed Exh. Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
/Axel Vervoordt Gallery, 2016. This book presents the work of Gutai artist Kazuo Shiraga (1924-2008
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

Materials

Paper

Martha McKay Oil Painting 1974 Framed Storm American Female Artist Abstract
Located in Buffalo, NY
and promotion of the Japanese “Gutai” art group shaped McKay’s approach to her own art, as the
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

C-112
By Tadasky / Tadasuke Kuwayama
Located in New York, NY
Tadasky's paintings of bright concentric circles were featured in the Museum of Modern Art's 1965
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Canvas

Painting by Morita Shiryu
By Shiryu Morita
Located in Providence, RI
’), established two years before the formation of Gutai, Morita collaborated with Isamu Noguchi and Franz Kline
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Painting by Morita Shiryu
Painting by Morita Shiryu
H 18.71 in W 26.58 in D 0.13 in
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