Live Auction 2139021st Century Art Day Sale
IZUMI KATO (B. 1969)
Lot 311

IZUMI KATO (B. 1969)

Untitled

Closed29 May 2023

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HKD 2,394,000

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IZUMI KATO (B. 1969)
Untitled
each signed with artist’s monogram and dated ‘2008’ (on the reverse)
three oil on canvas
60.6 x 50 cm. (23 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.); 53 x 41 cm. (20 7/8 x 16 1/8 in.); 72.7 x 60.6 cm. (28 5/8 x 23 7/8 in.)
Painted in 2008

Aratani Urano, Tokyo
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

“I can paint all kinds of animals–dogs, cats, even flowers; but the human figure remains the biggest challenge for the viewer to interpret. It is what motivates and inspires me to paint. If I lost that enthusiasm, I think I would stop painting.”
-IZUMI KATO