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Tokyo Comedy
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NOBUYOSHI ARAKI (B. 1940)
Tokyo Comedy
signed 'Nobuyoshi ARAKI' (on the reverse)
gelatin silver print
image: 17 7/8 x 22 3/4in. (45.3 x 57.8cm.)
sheet: 19 7/8 x 23 7/8in. (50.5 x 60.8cm.)
Executed in 1997
Tokyo Comedy
signed 'Nobuyoshi ARAKI' (on the reverse)
gelatin silver print
image: 17 7/8 x 22 3/4in. (45.3 x 57.8cm.)
sheet: 19 7/8 x 23 7/8in. (50.5 x 60.8cm.)
Executed in 1997
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner circa 2010.
Literature
Tokyo Comedy, exh. cat., Vienna, Wiener Secession, 1997 (another version illustrated, pp. 53-54).
N. Araki, Araki by Araki: The Photographer's Personal Selection, Tokyo 2003 (another version illustrated, pp. 356-357).
Nobuyoshi Araki: Self, Life, Death, exh. cat., London, Barbican Art Gallery, 2005-2006 (another version exhibited and illustrated, p. 650).
N. Araki, Araki by Araki: The Photographer's Personal Selection, Tokyo 2003 (another version illustrated, pp. 356-357).
Nobuyoshi Araki: Self, Life, Death, exh. cat., London, Barbican Art Gallery, 2005-2006 (another version exhibited and illustrated, p. 650).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Sale room notice
Please note that the measurements of this work should read 'image 17 7/8 x 22 3/4in. (45.3 x 57.8cm.) sheet 19 7/8 x 23 7/8in. (50.5 x 60.8cm.)' and not as printed in the mini catalogue.
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