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Akira Abé

Learn to live by the incisive line that deep voice whose eye watches the sounds.

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The Japanese engraver Akira Abé was born at Ehimé in 1949.In the beginning of the seventies, he studies at the Art School in Asagaya (Tokyo). Since 1974, The young man  gives up to the drawing. In 1984, he travels for the first time to Paris and decides to settle there. Akira Abé learns about the engraving in L’Atelier 17 headed by Stanley William Hayter. Then he chooses the  . . .

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The works presented on this page are not available anymore.
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Rose en sablé
Rose en sablé
2004 Original engraving, titled, dated and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Parfois une vague n°10 II
Parfois une vague...
1997 Original engraving, titled, dated and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Torrent
Torrent
2006 Original engraving, titled, dated and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Deuxième café
Deuxième café
2004 Original engraving, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Parfois une vague I
Parfois une vague I
1997 Original engraving, titled, dated and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Parfois une vague n°6
Parfois une vague...
1997 Original engraving, titled, dated and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Three leaves
Three leaves
1987 Original engraving, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Comme les courants n°4
Comme les courants...
2003 Original engraving, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Illustrated book de Abé Akira : Jeu d'enfant
Jeu d'enfant
2000 Book in sheets, under hard-bound folder. Robert Marteau's poems - with translation in Japanese -, illustrated with 7 original engravings signed in... Without
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Parfois une vague n°10
Parfois une vague...
1997 Original engraving, titled, dated and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Four flowers
Four flowers
2005 Original engraving with two coppers, titled, dated and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Remous I
Remous I
2005 Original engraving, titled, dated and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Numi n° I
Numi n° I
2005 Original engraving, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed engraving de Abé Akira : Crête
Crête
2005 Original engraving, signed in pencil by the artist. Without

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
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Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « Salon d'Automne », cat. d'exposition collective, Paris, 1997
  • « Akira Abé », cat. d'expo., Galerie Jean-Claude Riedel, Paris, 2000
  • « XXe Salon de l’estampe », cat. d'exposition collective, Rueil-Malmaison, 2004
  • « Gravures contemporaines », cat. d'expo., Le Cabinet d'amateur, Paris, 2008
  • « Atelier Contrepoint », cat. d'expo., Maatgallery, Paris, 2008
  • « A. Abé / Burins 1986-2010 », cat. d'exp., Galerie Bonafous-Murat, Paris, 2010
To read from the artist :
  • « Mécanique Céleste », Robert Marteau, Ed. Contrepoint - A. Abé, 1999
Website :
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Mouvements de l'art

  • + ATELIER 17 / 1927-1965 / Anton Prinner, Mauricio Lasansky, Jacques Lipchitz, Mark Rothko, etc.
  • + ARTISTS OF TODAY / XXth century /
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