{"product_id":"guest-iii-by-kumi-sugai-菅井汲-silkscreen-on-paper-edition-10-150-gendai-hanga-center-tokyo-1980","title":"Guest III by Kumi Sugaï (菅井汲) Silkscreen on paper edition 10\/150  - Gendai Hanga Center, Tokyo, 1980","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImporting Art into the United States is exempt from all U.S. tariffs but please, do check\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuest III by Kumi Sugaï (菅井汲) Silkscreen on paper edition 10\/150  - Gendai Hanga Center, Tokyo, 1980\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote type=\"cite\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA bold meditation on duality and geometric tension, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuest III\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a signed, limited-edition silkscreen by Kumi Sugaï (1919–1996), one of the most internationally celebrated Japanese artists of the postwar era. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis exemplary print comes with exceptional provenance: it bears the blind embossed stamp of the Gendai Hanga Center (現代版画センター) in the lower right margin — the publisher’s authentication seal pressed directly into the paper — alongside the gallery label of Satani Gallery (佐谷画廊), Tokyo, the primary Japanese representative of Sugaï’s work. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work is further documented in the artist’s catalogue raisonné as No. 300 (Katsuo Hara, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSugaï: Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre gravé 1955–1996\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Art Dune, 1996). Together, these three layers of documentation place this print among the most rigorously authenticated examples of Sugaï’s graphic work available on the market.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Gendai Hanga Center, active in Tokyo from 1974 to 1985, was one of Japan’s most distinguished print publishers, collaborating with over eighty artists across disciplines and later commissioning Andy Warhol’s celebrated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKiku\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series in 1983. To bear its embossed seal is a mark of institutional distinction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe composition presents two circles in a masterful counterpoint of positive and negative space: a white void suspended within a deep navy field above, mirrored by a solid cobalt disc set against a pale ground below. Flanking vertical and horizontal striped registers animate the work with rhythmic precision, while a fine diagonal hatching across the background — printed with remarkable delicacy — adds quiet, almost tactile depth. The palette, restrained yet commanding, reflects the graphic authority Sugaï developed during his Paris years, where he absorbed Minimalism and Hard Edge painting while retaining a distinctly Japanese economy of means.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSugaï’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He participated in the Venice Biennale, documenta (1959, 1964), and the São Paulo Biennial, and held a major retrospective at the Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, in 1983.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Kumi Sugaï (菅井汲), Japanese, 1919–1996 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuest III\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1980 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Silkscreen on paper \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 10 of 150 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Gendai Hanga Center (現代版画センター), Tokyo \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthentication:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Blind embossed publisher’s stamp, lower right margin \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSold through:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Satani Gallery (佐谷画廊), Tokyo \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatalogue raisonné:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e No. 300 (Hara, 1996) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Lower right, pencil (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSugai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSheet size:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 62 × 46.5 cm (24.4 × 18.3 in) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFramed size:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 77 × 61.5 cm (30.3 × 24.2 in) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrame:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Aluminium frame with passepartout \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Very good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColors may slightly vary due to photographic lighting sources or your monitor settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe print will be shipped insured overseas in a custom made wooden case. \u003cbr\u003eCost of transport to the US, Euro 245, is case included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWear consistent with age and use.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe ship worldwide. 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