Live Auction 1135Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Miyake Shintaro (B. 1970)
Lot 297 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION 

Miyake Shintaro (B. 1970)

Shinkai

Closed26 June 2013

Price Realised

GBP 18,750

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Miyake Shintaro (B. 1970)
Shinkai
signed, signed in Japanese, titled, titled in Japanese and dated twice 'Shintaro Miyake SHINKAI 2003' (on the reverse)
graphite and colour crayon on paper
44 5⁄8 x 181¼in. (113.5 x 460.5cm.)
Executed in 2003

Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

'I may have some kind of narrative in mind, but once I start painting, I forget it. It's not process of deciding on a goal and then building the work in order to realize that goal'
(S. Miyake, quoted in C. Worthen, 'Artist Interview Shintaro Miyake', https://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/index2/wp-content/themes/tkg2/archive _ex_site/exhibitions/p/KIYOSUMI/2008/0906SM/interview_e.html ([accessed 21st May 2013]).