LOT DETAILS

Materials:

plastic and metal

Measurements:

34.84 in. (88.50 cm.) (height) by 53.54 in. (136.00 cm.) (width) by 11.81 in. (30.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

impressed with the signature and titled

Exhibited:

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Tajiri/beelden 1960-1967, 1967, no. 45, illustrated Maastricht, Stichting Cultureel Centrum in Dominicanenkerk, Het Museum in de Fabriek, Peter Stuyvesant Collectie, 1968 Paris, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Pour l'Art et la Recherche: Entreprises et Fondations d'Europe, 1968-1969 Basel, Kunsthalle, Karel Appel, Lucebert, Tajiri, 1969 Heerlen, Raadhuis, Shinkichi Tajiri, 1970, no. 78 Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans-Van Beuningen; Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum, Tajiri, 1974, no. 74 Tilburg, Kultureel Centrum, Peter Stuyvesant Collectie, 1979 Venlo, Museum Van Bommel-Van Dam, Shinkichi Tajiri, 1993 Scheveningen, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Beelden van Bedrijven, 1994-1995, illustrated Amstelveen, Cobra Museum, Zen in the Fifties, 1997 Bremen, Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Tajiri - Bildhauerei gegen die Langeweile, 2001, pp. 30, 37& 39, illustrated.

Literature:

Harry Abrams, Hans Jaffé, et al., Adventure in Art, An International Group of Art Collections in Industrial Environments, Milan & Amsterdam 1970, pp. 109-110, illustrated Shinkichi Tajiri, Autobiographical Notations, Words & Images, Eindhoven 1993, p. 108, illustrated.

Provenance:

Acquired by Alexander Orlow for the Peter Stuyvesant Collection in 1965