14th May, 2025 11:00
Chinese & Japanese Works of Art
143
TOKO SHINODA, (JAPANESE, 1913-2021)
abstract lithograph, titled 'New Illusion, signed and numbered 8/38 in pencil in the lower margin, 64 by 48cm, framed and glazed
Footnote: Toko Shinoda was best known for her abstract sumi ink paintings and prints that blend traditional Japanese calligraphy with Modern abstraction. Influenced by American Abstract Expressionists like Jackson Pollock. Shinoda’s work is characterized by a loose, gestural style and imagery inspired by the natural world. In the 1960s, she began producing lithographs, which remained her preferred medium. Shinoda's works are in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Art Institute of Chicago, the British Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Harvard Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the Singapore Art Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, and other leading museums of the world.
新田東子（日本，1913-2021）
abstract lithograph, titled 'New Illusion, signed and numbered 8/38 in pencil in the lower margin, 64 by 48cm, framed and glazed
Footnote: Toko Shinoda was best known for her abstract sumi ink paintings and prints that blend traditional Japanese calligraphy with Modern abstraction. Influenced by American Abstract Expressionists like Jackson Pollock. Shinoda’s work is characterized by a loose, gestural style and imagery inspired by the natural world. In the 1960s, she began producing lithographs, which remained her preferred medium. Shinoda's works are in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Art Institute of Chicago, the British Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Harvard Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the Singapore Art Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, and other leading museums of the world.
Auction: Chinese & Japanese Works of Art, 14th May, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The sale of 170 lots comprise of a wide range of Chinese works such as ceramics from the Song to Qing Dynasty, an English private collection of jade and hardstone carvings, furniture, bronzes and sculptures.
The Japanese section includes works of art, ceramics, including a small private collection of contemporary ceramics by Kondo Yuzo, bronzes and prints. From Korea, a highlight is a Chaekgeori eight-fold screen with hidden artist seal from the Joseon Dynasty, 19th century.
Viewing
PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
Sunday 11th May: 12pm to 4pm
Monday 12th May: 10am to 8:30pm
Tuesday 13th May: 10am to 5pm
AUCTION:
Wednesday 14th May 2025, 11am, precisely
