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Japanese Gutai

"White Blue Green" original painting by Japanese Gutai artist Motonaga

"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

Dystopian Dreams
Dystopian Dreams

Krisztina HorvathDystopian Dreams, 2025

$3,841

H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 0.79 in

Dystopian Dreams

Located in BARCELONA, ES

art of the avant-garde Japanese Gutai movement. Her paintings today mostly bear the stylistic features

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite

Unique Contemporary Abstract Screen Painting inspiration from the Gutai art
Unique Contemporary Abstract Screen Painting inspiration from the Gutai art

Unique Contemporary Abstract Screen Painting inspiration from the Gutai art

Located in Fukuoka, JP

executed on a folding screen, drawing bold inspiration from the pioneering Gutai art movement of postwar

Category

20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Acrylic, Wood, Paper

Untitled
Untitled

Sadamasa MotonagaUntitled, 1969

$115,000

H 14.5 in W 20 in

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

Sadaharu Horio by Atsuo Yamamoto, Axel Vervoordt and Heinz-Norbert Joks
Sadaharu Horio by Atsuo Yamamoto, Axel Vervoordt and Heinz-Norbert Joks

Sadaharu Horio by Atsuo Yamamoto, Axel Vervoordt and Heinz-Norbert Joks

Located in valatie, NY

Vervoordt on one of Japan's most prominent avant-garde Gutai artists. Sadaharu Horio, born in 1939 in Kobe

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Books

Materials

Paper

No Exit
No Exit

Enrico DonatiNo Exit, 1974

$25,000

H 36 in W 32 in D 3 in

No Exit

By Enrico Donati

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

, 1957 Gutai 9, Osaka, Japan, 1958 Inter-American Paintings & Prints Biennial, Mexico City, 1958

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

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Early 20th Century Enso Zen Circle by Zen Master Shuhan Genpo
Early 20th Century Enso Zen Circle by Zen Master Shuhan Genpo

Early 20th Century Enso Zen Circle by Zen Master Shuhan Genpo

Unavailable

H 48.82 in W 15.75 in D 0.4 in

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

TREES DEEP SNOW #15
TREES DEEP SNOW #15

Tomioka SoichiroTREES DEEP SNOW #15

Unavailable

H 15.5 in W 18.5 in

TREES DEEP SNOW #15

By Tomioka Soichiro

Located in Los Angeles, CA

their Japanese counterparts. For Gutai school artists, the artistic process was chance collaboration

Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Sous le soleil #3
Sous le soleil #3

Krisztina HorvathSous le soleil #3, 2016

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H 35.44 in W 27.56 in D 1.58 in

Sous le soleil #3

Located in BARCELONA, ES

"I often draw inspiration from nature and Eastern art, particularly from the avant-garde Japanese

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sous le soleil #4

Krisztina HorvathSous le soleil #4, 2016

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H 35.44 in W 27.56 in D 1.58 in

Sous le soleil #4

Located in BARCELONA, ES

"I often draw inspiration from nature and Eastern art, particularly from the avant-garde Japanese

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sous le soleil #3
Sous le soleil #3

Krisztina HorvathSous le soleil #3, 2016

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H 35.44 in W 27.56 in D 1.58 in

Sous le soleil #3

Located in BARCELONA, ES

"I often draw inspiration from nature and Eastern art, particularly from the avant-garde Japanese

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sous le soleil #4

Krisztina HorvathSous le soleil #4, 2016

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H 35.44 in W 27.56 in D 1.58 in

Sous le soleil #4

Located in BARCELONA, ES

"I often draw inspiration from nature and Eastern art, particularly from the avant-garde Japanese

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Oil

Takashi Matsutani Vintage Japanese Etching Titled "La Propagation" Framed
Takashi Matsutani Vintage Japanese Etching Titled "La Propagation" Framed

Takashi Matsutani Vintage Japanese Etching Titled "La Propagation" Framed

By Takashi Matsutani

Located in North Miami, FL

MOMA in NYC. He was from the school of the Gutai movement in Japan that reiterated, don't copy anyone

Category

Vintage 1960s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Drawings

Materials

Paper, Wood

Hommage a Poliakoff, Tachiste Abstract Acrylic on Paper.
Hommage a Poliakoff, Tachiste Abstract Acrylic on Paper.

Hommage a Poliakoff, Tachiste Abstract Acrylic on Paper.

By Serge Poliakoff

Located in Cotignac, FR

Tachisme, as is Japan's Gutai group. After World War II the term School of Paris often referred to

Category

Late 20th Century Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Dennis Hare Mixed-Media Abstract Painting
Dennis Hare Mixed-Media Abstract Painting

Dennis Hare Mixed-Media Abstract Painting

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H 17.5 in W 17.75 in D 3.5 in

Dennis Hare Mixed-Media Abstract Painting

By Dennis Hare

Located in San Francisco, CA

works from the Japanese Postwar Japanese Gutai movement.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Kazuo Shiraga - "Passionate Winner", 1988 - silkscreen, framed
Kazuo Shiraga - "Passionate Winner", 1988 - silkscreen, framed

Kazuo Shiraga - "Passionate Winner", 1988 - silkscreen, framed

By Kazuo Shiraga

Located in EL Waalre, NL

, Amagasaki, Japan – 2008, Amagasaki, Japan) was a Japanese modern artist and prominent member of the Gutai

Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

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