Kazuo Shiraga - Chikisei Sesuisho. Shan Tinggui - The 108 Liangshan heroes in the Water Margin 1960
Chikisei Sesuisho. Shan Tinggui - The 108 Liangshan heroes in the Water Margin 1960
130x193cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 2.66 million
Auction house: Christie's, Convention Hall
Sale date: 30 May 2016
Seller: Private Collection, Milan
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Kazuo Shiraga (白髪 一雄 Shiraga Kazuo, August 12, 1924 – April 8, 2008) was a Japanese modern artist who belonged to the Gutai group of avant-garde artists. He was acknowledged internationally only after his death.
In the 1940s he studied Nihonga at the Kyoto City University of Arts. In 1953 he founded the group "Zero Kai" with Akira Kanayama, Kaiko Tanaka und Saburo Murakami which merged with Gutai in 1955. Until 1966 his Performance Paintings were largely painted with his feet. Later he was influenced by Frenchman Jean-Jacques Lebel. 1971-72 he lived as a Buddhist monk.