Acrylic on canvas
Japan, 2002
Hiroshi Sugito (b. 1970) – Japanese painter
Each signed and dated with pencil on verso ‘Hiroshi Sugito 2002‘; one painting also inscribed ‘L’, the other painting inscribed ‘R’
Diptych of two canvases framed in a simple white frame
Dimensions: each 23 x 25.5 cm
Provenance: Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin; private collection, Los Angeles
Exhibitions: Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, NY (with the label on the stretcher); Ota House, Marina del Rey, Californis (with the label on the reverse of the frame)
Good condition
Sugito is internationally renowned for his delicate and highly lyrical landscape paintings; large-scale paintings of the artist fetch up to €133,000 at international auctions
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Hiroshi Sugito’s works may appear as children's pictures, but in fact created for adults. The fine translucent application of paint, the visually open spaces and the fresco-like dryness of the surface are inspired by traditional Japanese painting the artist had learned, when attending university. The present diptych is titled ‘Bridge 1’ and is a characteristic example of his naive painting, which is especially committed to those thoughts arousing between the visible lines.

Both paintings are verso signed and dated with pencil ‘Hiroshi Sugito 2002‘. The left painting is also inscribed with ‘L’, whereas the right painting inscribed with ‘R’. The stretcher and the frame verso reveal the labels of two galleries: Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, NY and Ota House, Marina del Rey, California. Each painting measures 23 x 25.5 cm and is in good condition; the paint surface only slightly rubbed. The framed overall dimensions are 25.5 x 53.3 cm.

Hiroshi Sugito (b. 1970)

Hiroshi Sugito’s artistic work is closely linked to his biography. As a child, he spent several years in the US, so that he had to relearn his mother tongue, when returning to Japan. Besides, his childhood was extended due to the requirement of repeating a number of classes. For this reason, the artist seems to have kept a child’s view on the world. Sugito later studied traditional Japanese painting, called "Nihon-ga", and has become active as a freelance artist in his native city of Nagoya. A close friendship connects him with the Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959). (cbo)

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