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Frieze Masters: Tajiri / Wagemaker

Past exhibition
11 - 15 October 2023
Shinkichi Tajiri, David and Mrs. Goliath, 1949
Shinkichi Tajiri, David and Mrs. Goliath, 1949

Shinkichi Tajiri Dutch-American, 1923-2009

David and Mrs. Goliath, 1949
Cast posthumously 2012
Bronze
52 x 24 x 23 cm
20 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 9 inches
Edition 1 of 3
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Jaap Wagemaker, Ocre gris et noir, 1961
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Jaap Wagemaker, Ocre gris et noir, 1961

1949 original in plaster, castings in bronze made in 2012 and worked off by Tajiri's life-time assistant Karl Kleimann.

Authorised by the Estate.

1949 original in plaster, castings in bronze made in 2012 and worked off by Tajiri's life-time assistant Karl Kleimann.

Authorised by the Estate.

Provenance

Shinkichi Tajiri Estate, The Netherlands

Exhibitions

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Stedelijk Museum, Tajiri, Sculptures, 1960

Amstelveen, The Netherlands, Cobra Museum, Tajiri, Stille dynamiek en eenheid in pluformiteit, 1997

Tokyo, Japan, Blum & Poe Gallery, Shinkichi Tajiri, 8 September 2017

Literature

Bavelaar, Hestia, Shinkichi Tajiri: Monografieën van Nederlandse kunstenaars, 1990, ill. p. 33

Bavelaaar, Hestia, Shinkichi Tajiri, beeldhouwer, 1991, SDU The Hague, 1991, p.33

Tajiri, Shinkichi, Autobiographical notations, 1993, ill. p. 85

Stufkens, A., Tajiri: Snelheid, Erotiek en Geweld, 2003, Museum Het Valkhof Nijmegen, vol. 2, no.17, ill. p. 128
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