{"product_id":"toshimitsu-imai-work-1995-mixed-media-erotic-drawing-signed-framed","title":"Toshimitsu Imai Work 1995, Mixed Media Erotic Drawing on Paper, Hand-Signed and Dated, Framed 68 x 69 cm","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA late, unguarded work by Toshimitsu Imai, the painter who carried Informel from Paris to Tokyo: an intimate study in ink line, dense hatching and a single ribbon of gold-brown, dated 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImai (1928 to 2002) was born in Kyoto, studied with Umehara Ryuzaburo and Yasui Sotaro, and left for Paris in 1952, where he joined Michel Tapie and Sam Francis in the Informel movement. Back in Japan he helped stage the 1956 exhibition that introduced Informel to Tokyo, and his works entered the Ohara Museum of Art. France made him a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1995, the year of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his last decade, after a diagnosis of leukaemia, Imai turned from gesture back to the body, declaring the twenty-first century the century of women. This sheet belongs to that turn: a close, frank erotic view in the lineage of shunga, drawn with fine contour lines, bristling ink hatching and one passage of warm gold-brown, on a softly stained ground. The sheet is offered as signed and dated 95 on the face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Toshimitsu Imai (1928 to 2002)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Work (Sakuhin)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1995\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mixed media on paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Offered as hand-signed and dated 95, lower right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eImage size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 44 x 45 cm (17.3 x 17.7 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrame:\u003c\/strong\u003e 68 x 69 cm (26.8 x 27.2 in), black and gold moulding with cream mat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAccessories:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fitted storage box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe work is described as in good condition; the stained ground is part of its surface.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe frame shows very small scratches and is otherwise clean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eA (excellent)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffered as an authentic work by the artist, signed and dated on the face; the attribution is as presented to the Desk, and no independent appraisal is implied. Hang away from direct sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work travels in its frame, wrapped and boxed by hand in Japan, and is shipped discreetly, insured and tracked. The shipping cost is quoted and agreed with you before purchase. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. 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