Details
Shinkichi Tajiri (1923-2009)
Untitled (Samurai)
bronze
87 x 31.5 x 33.5cm.
Executed in 1961
Provenance
Hamilton Galleries, London.
Ann Cole Phillips Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1965).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Special notice
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‘In Amsterdam, 1956, I found a soft red firebrick used in constructing ovens. I carved and engraved the bricks – sometimes up to 100 pieces – and assembled them into one large mould. The mould was then filled with molten bronze and later broken open to reveal the sculpture’ – Shinkichi Tajiri

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