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Tetsumi Kudo (b. Japan 1935, d. Tokyo 1990)

“Symbiosis”, 1976. Signed, titled and dated on the bottom. Mixed media. H. 14 cm. W. 10 cm. D. 7 cm.

Exhibited: “Dødsspringet” (The Death Leap), Charlottenborg, Copenhagen 1976. Provenance: Author Laura Enevoldsen. Acquired at the above exhibition. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. Acquired directly from Laura Enevoldsen.

In September 1976 Tetsumi Kudo participated in art dealer Svend Hansen's exhibition “The Death Leap” at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen alongside artists such as Nam June Paik, Daniel Spoerri, Erik Dietmann, Ben Vautier and others. The exhibition catalogue contains a number of texts by the artist: “About machine”, “Between cage and computor painting,” About cage “and” Entretien avec Kudo "where the artist interviews himself. At the exhibition a series of cages by Kudo was on display. The offered work was one of these.

This lot is subject to Artist's Royalty.
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Auction

Paintings & sculptures, 26 September 2017

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Estimate

125,000–150,000 DKK

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Price realised

225,000 DKK