(Osaka 1928–2013) Bottle crash, 1998, signed and dated on the reverse, oil and broken glass on canvas, 163 x 85 cm This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by the Shozo Shimamoto Association, Naples and signed by the artist. Provenance: Christie’s, London, 11 October 2016, lot 32 European Private Collection Exhibited: S. Giovanni Valdarno, Shozo Shimamoto Action Colours 1950-2006, Galleria Carini & Donatini, 15 March-28 March 2007, exh. cat. p. 62-63 with ill. "I think that the throwing of bottles as a method of painting is still now a form of study of the unknown. More than anything else, I find the materialization of an unpredictable expression so stimulating. The biggest meaning of this phenomenon might just be Zen... " Shozo Shimamoto
(Osaka 1928–2013) Bottle crash, 1998, signed and dated on the reverse, oil and broken glass on canvas, 163 x 85 cm This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by the Shozo Shimamoto Association, Naples and signed by the artist. Provenance: Christie’s, London, 11 October 2016, lot 32 European Private Collection Exhibited: S. Giovanni Valdarno, Shozo Shimamoto Action Colours 1950-2006, Galleria Carini & Donatini, 15 March-28 March 2007, exh. cat. p. 62-63 with ill. "I think that the throwing of bottles as a method of painting is still now a form of study of the unknown. More than anything else, I find the materialization of an unpredictable expression so stimulating. The biggest meaning of this phenomenon might just be Zen... " Shozo Shimamoto
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