3492 - HISAO DOMOTO

HISAO DOMOTO (1928 Kyoto – 2013) Critical Threshold: Water. 1987/88. Acrylic, ink, and pencil on Japanese paper mounted on a wooden support. Hamamatsu Art Kite. Signed and dated lower right: Domoto 88. 234 × 234 cm (visible size). Provenance: - Goethe-Institut, Osaka. - Private collection of Paul Eubel, Palermo. - Nagel Auction, Stuttgart, February 23, 2022, lot 1008. - Swiss collection, acquired at the above auction. Exhibited: Pictures for the Sky. Art Kites: - Sendai 1988, The Miyagi Museum of Art, June 11–July 10, 1988. - Tsu 1988, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, July 30–November 3, 1988. - Otsu 1988, Shiga Museum of Art, October 22–December 11, 1988. - Himeji 1989, Himeji City Museum of Art, March 3–28, 1989. - Shibukawa 1989, Hara Museum ARC, April 15–June 4, 1989. - Shizuoka 1989, Prefectural Museum of Art, July 23–August 27, 1989. - Nagoya 1989, Nagoya City Art Museum, September 5–October 1, 1989. - Hiroshima 1989, City Museum of Contemporary Art, October 10–November 12, 1989. - Munich 1990, Haus der Kunst, December 16, 1989–February 18, 1990. - Paris 1990, exhibition in public space, April 21–22, 1990. - Paris 1990, Grande Halle de la Vilette, April 24–July 1, 1990. - Düsseldorf 1990, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, July 13–September 6, 1990. - Moscow 1990, Central House of Artists, September 20–October 21, 1990. - Hamburg 1990, Deichtorhallen, November 3–December 7, 1990. - Lisbon 1991, Gulbenkian Modern Art Center, December 21, 1990–January 27, 1991. - Brussels 1991, Musée des Beaux-Arts, February 7–April 7, 1991. - Berlin 1991, Nationalgalerie, June 28–August 11, 1991. - Copenhagen 1991, Kunsthalle Charlottenborg, August 24–September 29, 1991. - Turin 1991, Promotrice delle Belle Arti, October 19–December 8, 1991. - Rome 1992, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, March 5–May 17, 1992. - Seville 1992, Expo Sevilla. Pabellón de las Artes, June 4–23, 1992. - Montreal 1993, Musée des Beaux-Arts, June 11–September 26, 1993. Bibliography: - Paul Eubel, Jürgen Weber, Klaus von Bismarck, Emil Schumacher, and Gérard Titus-Carmel: *Pictures for the Sky. Art Kites*, Osaka 1991, p. 158 ff. (with ill.). - Charles Solomon: “Pictures for the Sky. Art Kites,” August 2, 1992, in: Los Angeles Times, latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-02-bk-5903-story.html. This work was included in the group exhibition “Pictures for the Sky. Art Kites,” featuring the following artists: Horst Antes, Karel Appel, Arman, Yae Asano, Ay-O, Elvira Bach, Imre Bak, James Brown, Grisha Bruskin, Erik Bulatov, Daniel Buren, Michael Buthe, Bruno Ceccobelli, Chema Cobo, Graham Dean, Jan Dibbets, Hisao Domoto, Eberhard Fiebig, Barry Flanagan, Sam Francis, Tami Fujie, Rupprecht Geiger, General Idea, Raimund Girke, Zvi Goldstein, Karl Otto Götz, Gotthard Graubner, José de Guimaraes, Otto Herbert Hajek, Takeshi Hara, Gerhard Hoehme, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Toshimitsu Imai, Yukio Imamura, Bukichi Inoue, Horst Janssen, Ilya Kabakov, Olle Kåks, Mitsuo Kano, Per Kirkeby, Yoshio Kitayama, Igor Kopystiansky, Akira Kurosaki, Yayoi Kusama, Robert Kushner, Tadaaki Kuwayama, Lee Ufan, Thomas Lenk, Georgij Litischewskij, Richard Paul Lohse, Ryusho Matsuo, Hisashi Momose, Sadamasa Motonaga, David Nash, Minoru Onoda, Mimmo Paladino, C. O. Paeffgen, Georg Karl Pfahler, Panamarenko, Otto Piene, Ivan Rabuzin, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, Rissa, Ulrike Rosenbach, Niki de Saint Phalle, Salomé, Susumu Shingu, Ushio Shinohara, Kazuo Shiraga, Satoru Shoji, KRH Sonderborg, Kumi Sugai, Leon Polk Smith, Kenny Scharf, Bernard Schultze, Emil Schumacher, Anton Stankowski, Klaus Staeck, Frank Stella, Shu Takahashi, Atsuko Tanaka, Antoni Tàpies, Ernesto Tatafiore, Jean Tinguely, Gérard Titus-Carmel, Günther Uecker, Keiji Uematsu, Keiji Usami, Victor Vasarely, Ben Vautier, Emilio Vedova, Toon Verhoef, Franz Erhard Walther, Toyoshige Watanabe, Isolde Wawrin, Tom Wesselmann, Paul Wunderlich, Tadanori Yokoo, and Mika Yoshizawa. * The full tax is charged on this item marked with an asterisk (*); that is, VAT is charged on the total amount and will be refunded to purchasers who provide a validly stamped export declaration.