Seiji Yabuki 矢吹 征二 (1942-2017) - Grande Composition abstraite (Vendu sans prix de réserve)






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Seiji Yabuki’s Grande Composition abstraite is an unsigned Japanese abstract oil painting from 1980–1990, measuring 73 × 60 cm.
Description from the seller
Charming and poetic oil on canvas representing an abstract composition with flowing lines in white, blue and aqua tones by Seiji Yabuki 矢吹 征二 (1942-2017)
Title: Abstract Composition
Artist: Seiji Yabuki 矢吹 征二 (1942-2017)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signature: Not signed
Provenance: Artist's studio
Format: 73 × 60 cm
Condition: Good condition
Seiji Yabuki 矢吹 征二 (1942-2017) is a Japanese painter, printmaker and illustrator born in Tokyo.
A graduate of Keio University, he initially trained in ceramics in Japan before moving to France in 1966 to devote himself fully to painting, establishing his studio in Paris in the Bastille district and frequenting the renowned Atelier 17 of Stanley William Hayter.
Also renowned for his illustrating talents, he published pastel-illustrated books in France and in New York (*I Love the Morning*, 1970) and collaborated from 1970 on the launch of the Japanese magazine *an an* as well as *Elle Japan*. His Paris studio was the subject of a sale at Drouot-Richelieu in February 2018, followed by a retrospective solo exhibition at the Bunkamura Gallery in Tokyo.
Seller's Story
Charming and poetic oil on canvas representing an abstract composition with flowing lines in white, blue and aqua tones by Seiji Yabuki 矢吹 征二 (1942-2017)
Title: Abstract Composition
Artist: Seiji Yabuki 矢吹 征二 (1942-2017)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signature: Not signed
Provenance: Artist's studio
Format: 73 × 60 cm
Condition: Good condition
Seiji Yabuki 矢吹 征二 (1942-2017) is a Japanese painter, printmaker and illustrator born in Tokyo.
A graduate of Keio University, he initially trained in ceramics in Japan before moving to France in 1966 to devote himself fully to painting, establishing his studio in Paris in the Bastille district and frequenting the renowned Atelier 17 of Stanley William Hayter.
Also renowned for his illustrating talents, he published pastel-illustrated books in France and in New York (*I Love the Morning*, 1970) and collaborated from 1970 on the launch of the Japanese magazine *an an* as well as *Elle Japan*. His Paris studio was the subject of a sale at Drouot-Richelieu in February 2018, followed by a retrospective solo exhibition at the Bunkamura Gallery in Tokyo.
