12-18-201012-18-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2531BBoston
December 18, 2010 10:00 AMCalender
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Noriko Yamamoto (Japanese/American, b.1929) Untitled [60-4]

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$4,444$3,750
Auction: 20th Century Design - 2531BLocation: BostonDate / Time: December 18, 2010 10:00AM

Description:

Noriko Yamamoto (Japanese/American, b.1929)

Untitled [60-4] Titled, signed and dated "...NORIKO YAMAMOTO 1960" on the stretcher, identified on a label from Gump's Gallery, San Francisco, affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 42 x 42 in., in a strip molded frame.
Condition: Minor surface grime.
N.B. Yamamoto obtained her BA and MFA at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, from 1952 to 1957, where she studied with well-known Bay Area Abstract Figurative painters as Richard Diebenkorn and Nathan Oliveira. The black gestural strokes of the present work both evoke the "flying white" effect of Japanese calligraphy as well as the spontaneous mark-making sought by Abstract Expressionists.


Estimate $300-500

May benefit from a gentle cleaning.

Keywords

Noriko Yamamoto, Gump's Gallery, California College of Arts and Crafts, Nathan Oliveira, Oakland, California College of Arts, Richard Diebenkorn