Live Auction 14438Post War & Contemporary Art Day Auction
Nobuyoshi Araki (B. 1940)
Lot 223

Nobuyoshi Araki (B. 1940)

Untitled (Yakusa)

Closed8 March 2017

Price Realised

GBP 43,750

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Nobuyoshi Araki (B. 1940)
Untitled (Yakusa)
signed 'Nobuyoshi Araki' (lower right)
gelatin silver print
image: 39 ½ x 49 ½in. (104 x 125.1cm.)
sheet: 41 ¾ x 51 5/8in. (106 x 131.2cm.)
Conceived in 1994

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 2006.

Specialist note

‘(On taking pictures). It is a way of life. Taking photographs is like heartbeat and breathing. The sound of pressing the shutter is like a heartbeat. I don’t think about productivity at all. I just shoot life itself. It is very natural for me. For a photographer, the moment he shoots is most thrilling. Developing and printing comes later; it is secondary.’
—NOBUYOSHI ARAKI