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ARAKI NOBUYOSHI (b.1940)
Lot 77 JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY SINCE 1960

Since death is after all monochrome, I felt that I was making an offering of flowers in 'Colorscapes'.

ARAKI NOBUYOSHI, 1991

ARAKI NOBUYOSHI (b.1940)

Self-Portrait from 'Shikikei' [Colorscapes], 1991

Closed15 May 2008

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GBP 3,000

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ARAKI NOBUYOSHI (b.1940)
Self-Portrait from 'Shikikei' [Colorscapes], 1991
dye-bleach print
signed in ink on verso
16½ x 13 1/8in. (42 x 33.6cm.)

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Araki photographs himself holding a framed portrait of his recently deceased wife Yoko, which was displayed at her funeral.

The photographer is no longer printing this image for the retail market.