Toeko Tatsuno
Image rights
The artworks in this database are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced without the permission of the rights holders. The artworks are reproduced in this database with a license from Bildupphovsrätt.
For condition report contact specialist
"Work 87-P-30"
Signed Taeko Tatsuno and dated 1987 verso. Canvas 162 x 130 cm.
Provenance
Art Now Gallery, Gothenburg.
More information
Toeko Tatsuno was born in Nagano Prefecture in 1950. She studied at Tokyo University of the Arts, specializing in painting. At school, Tatsuno created minimalist woodcuts with regular patterns, including stripes and squares. Starting in 1978, Tatsuno began creating large canvases with continuous patterns of arabesques, diamonds, squares, spheres, and various botanical and geometric motifs, both incomplete and concrete forms. The painting in the auction is a typical example with its irregular patterns and indistinct forms.
In 1994, Tatsuno exhibited her works at the exhibition "Japanese Art After 1945: Scream Against the Sky" (Yokohama Museum of Art) and the 22nd São Paulo Art Biennial. In 1995, she held a solo exhibition, "Toeko Tatsuno: 1986 to 1995," at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and in 2012, "Given Forms - Toeko Tatsuno/Kunio Shibata" was shown at The National Art Center, Tokyo.
The art audience has praised Tatsuno's innovative expression, and she was a leading figure in contemporary Japanese painting before her passing in 2014.