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Takesada Matsutani

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Takesada Matsutani is born in 1937 in Osaka (Japan). As a teenager, he attends the art school of his hometown city, where he studies painting and traditional Japanese art of pigment and glue in bone (Nihonga). Suffering from tuberculosis, he spends eight years of his life at home, mostly bedridden. From the experience of this isolation, he pulls his first sketch. Very soon, he receives the dual . . .

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Original signed screenprint de Matsutani Takesada : The proper place
The proper place
1969 Original screenprint, signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed screenprint de Matsutani Takesada : Propagation S4B
Propagation S4B
1969 Original screenprint, signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed screenprint de Matsutani Takesada : Kukan I
Kukan I
1969 Original screenprint, signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Matsutani Takesada : La Propagation - 6
La Propagation - 6
1967 Original etching, signed, titled and dated in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Matsutani Takesada : The angle
The angle
1968 Original engraving, etching and collage, signed, titled and dated in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed screenprint de Matsutani Takesada : L'autre lune
L'autre lune
1969 Original screenprint, titled, dated and signed in pencil by the artist, integrated into the issue "Le temps des Loups"(n°4-5, 1969). The issue also... Without
Original signed print de Matsutani Takesada : A drop
A drop
1998 Original print, wood and mixed technique, titled, dated and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Matsutani Takesada : Superposition
Superposition
1998 Original lithograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Signed etching aquatint de Matsutani Takesada : The moon
The moon
1998 Original etching and aquatint, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Without
Print in mixed technique de Matsutani Takesada : Wave 98-1
Wave 98-1
1998 Original print, wood and mixed technique, signed and titled in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Matsutani Takesada : Bird
Bird
1998 Original etching and aquatint, signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Matsutani Takesada : Stream 98-3
Stream 98-3
1998 Original etching and aquatint, signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist. Without
Single work Signed single work de Matsutani Takesada : Hashigakari II
Hashigakari II
2010 Painting, lead, string and white glue on wood, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Signed, dated and titled on the back. Without
Single work Signed single work de Matsutani Takesada : Hashigakari I
Hashigakari I
2010 Painting, lead and white glue on wood, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Signed, dated and titled on the back. Without
Single work Single work de Matsutani Takesada : Point de contact
Point de contact
2010 Painting, lead and white glue on canvas, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Signed, dated and titled on the back. Without
Original signed etching de Matsutani Takesada : Stream 98-2
Stream 98-2
1998 Original etching and aquatint, signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist. Without
Single work Signed single work de Matsutani Takesada : Wave
Wave
2010 White glue, painting and graphite pencil lead on canvas, signed, dated and titled on the back by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Matsutani Takesada : Stream 98-1
Stream 98-1
1998 Original etching and aquatint, signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Matsutani Takesada : Stream 99-1
Stream 99-1
1999 Original etching and aquatint, signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist. Without
Single work Signed single work de Matsutani Takesada : Circle
Circle
2011 White glue, painting and lead on canvas, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Signed, dated and titled on the back. Without
Single work Signed single work de Matsutani Takesada : Two forms
Two forms
1987 White glue, painting and graphite pencil lead on paper applied on wood, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Signed, dated and titled on the... Without
Single work Signed single work de Matsutani Takesada : Border line 2
Border line 2
2010 White glue and graphite pencil lead on canvas and kraft paper, signed in pencil by the artist. Signed, dated and titled on the back. Without

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Non réalisé à ce jour. All the "catalogues raisonnés"

Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « Matsutani - Perspectives japonaises », A. Oudin, cat., Gal. Alain Oudin, 1978
  • « Les Miroirs Metaphysiques de Matsutani », A. Jouffroy, Kaneko Art, Tokyo 1982
  • « Matsutani’s Stream of ... », S. Kwock-Silve, cat., Cont. A. C., Honolulu, 1986
  • « Gutaï », coll., cat. d'exp., Gal. Nationale du Jeu de Paume, RMN, Paris, 1999
  • « Waves », A. Jouffroy et autres, cat., Otani M. A.M., Nishinomiya, Japon, 2000
  • « Waves Paris-Miyazaki », T. Fujino, Gendaikko-Museum, Miyazaki, 2001
  • «Tableau, drawing and prints », R. Takezawa, cat., Ed. Ga. Tamura, Hiroshima, 2009
  • « Matsutani Stream », cat. d'exposition, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, 2010
  • « Permanence and Metamorphoses in ... », G. Viatte, cat., Gal. Richard, N. YY, 2013
  • « Takesada Matsutani », coll., cat., Ed. Les Presses du réel, 2013
To read from the artist :
  • « In the Kansai », Kenneth White, dessins Matsutani, Ed. A. Arichi, Paris, 2010
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