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 original oil painting from Japan, dating from 1980–1990 and measuring 73 × 60 cm.
Description from the seller
Charming and poetic oil on canvas depicting an abstract geometric and airy composition with touches of blue, green, and red on a pale white background by Seiji Yabuki 矢吹 征二
Title: Geometric Composition
Artist: Seiji Yabuki 矢吹 征二
Technique: Oil on canvas
Signature: Not signed. Studio stamp - Provenance: Artist's studio.
Dimensions: 73 × 60 cm
Condition: Good
Seiji Yabuki (矢吹 征二 — 1942-2017) was a Japanese painter, printmaker and illustrator born in Tokyo.
A graduate of Keio University, he initially studied 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 attending the famous Atelier 17 of Stanley William Hayter.
Also renowned for his illustration talents, he published pastel-illustrated books in France and in New York (I Love the Morning, 1970) and from 1970 collaborated on the launch of the Japanese magazine an an as well as Elle Japon.
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 depicting an abstract geometric and airy composition with touches of blue, green, and red on a pale white background by Seiji Yabuki 矢吹 征二
Title: Geometric Composition
Artist: Seiji Yabuki 矢吹 征二
Technique: Oil on canvas
Signature: Not signed. Studio stamp - Provenance: Artist's studio.
Dimensions: 73 × 60 cm
Condition: Good
Seiji Yabuki (矢吹 征二 — 1942-2017) was a Japanese painter, printmaker and illustrator born in Tokyo.
A graduate of Keio University, he initially studied 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 attending the famous Atelier 17 of Stanley William Hayter.
Also renowned for his illustration talents, he published pastel-illustrated books in France and in New York (I Love the Morning, 1970) and from 1970 collaborated on the launch of the Japanese magazine an an as well as Elle Japon.
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.
