Takao Tanabe Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Takao Tanabe Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 28, 2024
Takao Tanabe (b. 1926), COMES NOW THE SPRING WITH ALL HER FAIR ARRAYS, 1958
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Takao Tanabe (b. 1926), Canadian COMES NOW THE SPRING WITH ALL HER FAIR ARRAYS, 1958 oil on canvas signed and dated "58" lower right; titled verso Estimate: $6,000—8,000 CAD
Waddington's
Sep. 26, 2024
Takao Tanabe (b. 1926), OLYMPIA
Est: $600 - $800
Takao Tanabe (b. 1926), Canadian OLYMPIA signed and titled Estimate: $600—800 CAD
Waddington's
Mar. 08, 2024
Takao Tanabe (Canadian, b. 1926), "Abstract," 1973, H.- 19 in., W.- 20 3/4 in., Framed- H.- 26 1/4 in., W.- 27 1/2 in.
Est: $700 - $1,000
† Takao Tanabe (Canadian, b. 1926), "Abstract," 1973, serigraph on paper, editioned 53/75, signed, dated '73" and numbered lower right in pencil, presented in a chrome frame,
Crescent City Auction Gallery
Jan. 11, 2024
Takao Tunabe Signed Gouache on Paper Abstract
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Takao Tanabe, Canada Born 1926, Signed and Dated 1958 Abstract, Framed. Framed measures 25 inches x 38 inches, art measures 22 inches x 31 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Nov. 23, 2023
Takao Tanabe, Cook Channel, Nootka Sound, 1991;
Est: £300 - £500
Takao Tanabe, Canadian b.1926- Cook Channel, Nootka Sound, 1991; etching with aquatint on wove, signed in the plate and in pencil in the margin and numbered 42/70, also with a dedication to Joe, image: 27.8 x 36.5 cm, (framed)
Roseberys
May. 06, 2023
Takao Tanabe THE LAND Lithograph, Signed Edition
Est: $400 - $600
Lithograph is titled "The Land: The Field." Provenance: Tupperware Brands Corporate Collection, Orlando, Florida.
Palm Beach Modern Auctions
May. 06, 2023
Takao Tanabe THE LAND Lithograph, Signed Edition
Est: $400 - $600
Lithograph is titled "The Land, Interiors." Provenance: Tupperware Brands Corporate Collection, Orlando, Florida.
Palm Beach Modern Auctions
Apr. 19, 2023
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926-), Spanish Banks, silkscreen, #15/200, 14 1/2 x 24 in. (36.8 x 61.0 cm.)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Takao Tanabe Canadian, (1926- ) Spanish Banks silkscreen, #15/200 signed
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Mar. 17, 2023
†Takao Tanabe (Canadian, 1926-), "Abstract," 1973, serigraph on paper, editioned 53/75, signed, dated '73 and numbered lower right in.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Takao Tanabe (Canadian, 1926-), "Abstract," 1973, serigraph on paper, editioned 53/75, signed, dated '73 and numbered lower right in pencil, presented in a chrome frame, H.- 19 in., W.- 20 3/4 in., Framed H.- 26 1/4 in., W.- 27 1/2 in. Provenance: Property deaccessioned from the private collection of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana.
Crescent City Auction Gallery
Nov. 04, 2022
†Takao Tanabe (Canadian, 1926-), "Abstract," 1973, serigraph on paper, editioned 53/75, signed, dated '73 and numbered lower right in.
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Takao Tanabe (Canadian, 1926-), "Abstract," 1973, serigraph on paper, editioned 53/75, signed, dated '73 and numbered lower right in pencil, presented in a chrome frame, H.- 19 in., W.- 20 3/4 in., Framed H.- 26 1/4 in., W.- 27 1/2 in. Provenance: Property deaccessioned from the private collection of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana.
Crescent City Auction Gallery
Jun. 26, 2021
Takao Tanabe - Marble Island, QCI
Est: $900 - $1,200
Marble Island, QCI
Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
Dec. 22, 2020
TAKAO TANABE (CANADIAN, BORN 1926)
Est: $200 - $500
Felt pen and pencil on paper. 5 x 7 inches. Provenance: Galerie Godard Lefort, Montreal, Canada (1971). Framed in a period plexi box frame.
Vallot Auctioneers
Dec. 08, 2019
Takao (Ted) Tanabe, Pencil Signed Golf Serigraph
Est: $100 - $200
Takao (Ted) Tanabe (Canadian, b. 1926), Limited Edition Color Serigraph, "300 Yards." Neiman style, depicting a blond male golfer completing a swing. Pencil signed lower right, #203/350 with certificate of authenticity verso. In silvermetal frame with double matting under glass. Approx. sight size 23.25" x 16.875", frame, overall 30.25" x 24.25"
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
May. 05, 2019
Tako Tanabe - Untitled - Structural Forms
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Untitled - Structural Forms (17" x 22" mixed media on paper, unframed)
Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
Apr. 24, 2019
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926 - ), Goletas, Bates Passage, Nigei Island (diptych), acrylic on canvas, 1994, each section: 42 x 55 in....
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
signed lower right, signed and dated 2/94 on verso
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Oct. 31, 2018
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926- ), Inside Passage, photogravure, #20/50, 7 3/4 x 8 in. (19.7 x 20.3 cm)
Est: $200 - $300
signed
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Oct. 31, 2018
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926- ), Venice, ink and pastel, 11 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. (29.8 x 47 cm)
Est: $1,250 - $1,750
signed and dated ''55
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Oct. 31, 2018
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926 - ), Mountain Landscape, watercolour, 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
signed
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Oct. 31, 2018
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926 - ), Goletas, Bates Passage, Nigei Island (diptych), acrylic on canvas, 1994, each section: 42 x 55 in....
Est: $80,000 - $100,000
signed lower right, signed and dated 2/94 on verso
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Oct. 28, 2018
Takao Tanabe - Boats on Beach
Est: $900 - $1,200
Boats on Beach (framed ink on paper, 17.5" x 13")
Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
Sep. 23, 2018
Takao Tanabe - Boats on Beach
Est: $900 - $1,200
Boats on Beach (framed ink on paper, 17.5" x 13")
Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
Jun. 28, 2018
Takao Tanabe - Tower of St. Mary le Bow, London
Est: $900 - $1,200
Tower of St. Mary le Bow, London (framed pastel, 19" x 12.75")
Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
Oct. 26, 2017
TAKAO TANABE (CANADIAN, 1926-), UNTITLED (NOCTURNE), LITHOGRAPH; SIGNED AND NUMBERED 14/15 IN PENCIL (Image, 20” x 27.5”) (Sheet, 23” x 28.5”) UNFRAMED, SHRINK WRAPPED.
Est: $500 - $700
TAKAO TANABE (CANADIAN, 1926-) UNTITLED (NOCTURNE)LITHOGRAPH; SIGNED AND NUMBERED 14/15 IN PENCIL (Image, 20” x 27.5”) (Sheet, 23” x 28.5”) UNFRAMED, SHRINK WRAPPED.Provenance:Private Collection, New BrunswickEstimate: $500—700
Waddington's
Oct. 18, 2017
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926 -), Marble Isle Q.C.I., etching and aquatint, 18 x 34 in. (46 x 86.5 cm)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
signed
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
May. 10, 2017
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926 - ), Goletas, Bates Passage, Nigei Island (diptych), acrylic on canvas, 1994, each section: 42 x 55 in....
Est: $80,000 - $100,000
signed lower right, signed and dated 2/94 on verso
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Mar. 11, 2017
TAKAO TANABE, HILL NEAR BOWDON, lithograph, plate 16.5 ins x 25 ins; 60.7 cms x 76.2 cms
Est: -
TAKAO TANABEHILL NEAR BOWDONlithographsigned, titled, dated ‘80 and numbered 1/75 in pencil in the lower margin plate 16.5 ins x 25 ins; 60.7 cms x 76.2 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoEstimate: $600–800
Waddington's
May. 30, 2016
TAKAO TANABE, BANFF, THE LAND: 17-73, acrylic on canvas, 33 ins x 56 ins; 83.8 cms x 142.2 cms
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
TAKAO TANABEBANFF, THE LAND: 17-73acrylic on canvassigned; also signed, titled and dated “1973” on the reverse, titled on the overflap and signed, titled and dated on the stretcher 33 ins x 56 ins; 83.8 cms x 142.2 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoLiterature:Nancy Tousley, “Takao Tanabe: The Prairie Paintings,” in Takao Tanabe, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2005, page 88.Note:In 1973, Takao Tanabe accepted a full-time teaching position at the Banff School of Fine Arts. During his seven-year stay in Banff he produced a series of paintings of the prairies. The paintings, based on Tanabe’s large collection of photographs and sketches, were reduced to their essential forms, eliminating all recognizable landmarks. He later stated, “I don’t feel the tug to paint a view that somebody can recognize as being from their front porch or from some crossroads. [F]or me it’s…really a generalized sense of space. What I think about the prairie is perhaps romantic but it is an enormously simple-looking space and within all that simplicity it’s very, very rich, very subtle. I think those are the things I have been trying to get in the paintings.”
Waddington's
May. 30, 2016
TAKAO TANABE, THE LAND /16, acrylic on canvas, 52 ins x 66 ins; 167.6 cms x 132.1 cms
Est: $15,000 - $18,000
TAKAO TANABETHE LAND /16acrylic on canvassigned; also signed, dated 1972 and inscribed “New York” on the overflap, also titled and dated on the stretcher 52 ins x 66 ins; 167.6 cms x 132.1 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoLiterature:Elissa Barnard, “Tanabe Helped Re-establish Roots of Canadian Art,” The Chronicle Herald (June 3, 2006): F6.Note:In 1972, Takao Tanabe left New York to accept a summer teaching position at the Banff School of Fine Arts, a move that marked a new stage in his career and an even more radical change in his work. Tanabe took a week to drive from Winnipeg to Banff with the intention of painting the prairies, taking photographs when a scene caught his eye. While the prairies have led other Canadian artists towards abstraction, these paintings were to become Tanabe’s first representational landscapes. According to Elissa Barnard, Tanabe later stated that the landscape is “really rather simple abstraction, the band of sky and the band of land.”
Waddington's
May. 22, 2016
3 Layered Etched Plexiglass, Takao Tanabe
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Three layered geometrical etched plexiglass creating a 3D effect, featuring a dark red reflection. Marked on back: "The Print Club Bulletin 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, Penn. 19103, Exhibitions - Sept 8th - 27th, 1969. Also two exhibition artist's address tags: 3939 Viewbridge Place, West Vancouver, BC and another local NY address: 96 Greene St. New York 10012. Framed and ready to hang.
Louis J. Dianni, LLC
Mar. 30, 2016
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926 - ), Untitled, mixed media on plywood, 8 1/8 x 12 in. (20.6 x 30.5 cm)
Est: $300 - $500
signed on verso
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Mar. 30, 2016
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926 - ), Storm over the Islands, ink on paper laid down, 14 5/8 x 22 1/8 in. (39.7 x 56.2 cm)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
signed and dated '60
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Mar. 30, 2016
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926 - ), Untitled - River Valley, pastel, 23 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (59.7 x 29.2 cm)
Est: $500 - $700
unframed
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Mar. 30, 2016
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926 - ), Uqui Mura, Kiishu, pastel, 16 x 9 1/8 in. (40.6 x 23.2 cm)
Est: $800 - $1,200
signed and dated 8-60, unframed
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Mar. 30, 2016
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926 - ), Cook Channel, Nootka Sound, etching and aquatint, #60/70, 11 x 14 1/2 in. (28 x 36.8 cm)
Est: $900 - $1,200
signed and dated 96, unframed
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Mar. 30, 2016
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (1926 - ), The Land: Summer, lithograph #38/75, 23 1/2 x 30 in. (60 x 76.2 cm)
Est: $600 - $900
signed
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Feb. 25, 2016
TAKAO TANABE (CANADIAN, 1926-), AFTER THE HARVEST, COLOUR LITHOGRAPH; NUMBERED 39/75 LOWER LEFT; SIGNED AND DATED ‘76 LOWER RIGHT; TITLED TO GALLERY LABEL VERSO (Image, 19” x 16”)
Est: -
TAKAO TANABE (CANADIAN, 1926-) AFTER THE HARVESTCOLOUR LITHOGRAPH; NUMBERED 39/75 LOWER LEFT; SIGNED AND DATED ‘76 LOWER RIGHT; TITLED TO GALLERY LABEL VERSO (Image, 19” x 16”)Provenance:Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto & MontrealEstimate: $250—350
Waddington's
Nov. 23, 2015
TAKAO TANABE, SCINTILLA, oil on canvas, 18 ins x 34 ins; 45.7 cms x 86.4 cms
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
TAKAO TANABESCINTILLAoil on canvassigned and dated ‘56; also signed, titled and inscribed “Winnipeg” on the stretcher 18 ins x 34 ins; 45.7 cms x 86.4 cms Provenance:Private Collection, Vancouver (acquired directly from the artist)Canadian Fine Arts, TorontoPrivate Collection, TorontoLiterature:Roald Nasgaard, “Adventures in Abstraction, or ‘Perhaps I was Always a Landscape Painter,’” in Takao Tanabe, Ian M. Thom, (ed.), Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2005, pages 38-42.Note:While in London circa 1953, Tanabe began his series of White Paintings, which he continued when he left London for Winnipeg in 1955. Tanabe used white in the paintings as a tool in what he called a formal “cleaning up” process, which he explained was a way to temper colours that were excessively full or opaque. Although the White Paintings are non-figurative, after completion Tanabe often saw them as landscapes and later referred to them as such. Their titles, usually taken from poetry he was reading, are often indicative of that.See Lot 24 for another work from this series.
Waddington's
Nov. 23, 2015
TAKAO TANABE, HERE & THERE A DEWDROP GLISTENING, oil on canvas, 35.75 ins x 26 ins; 90.8 cms x 66 cms
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
TAKAO TANABEHERE & THERE A DEWDROP GLISTENINGoil on canvassigned and dated ‘58 35.75 ins x 26 ins; 90.8 cms x 66 cms Provenance:The Women’s Committee of the Art Gallery of TorontoPrivate Collection, OntarioLiterature:Ian M. Thom et al., Takao Tanabe, Douglas & McIntyre, Toronto, 2005, page 110 and page 58 for a similar work entitled Untitled (NYC), 1952, reproduced.Note:“Tanabe developed the confidence to refrain. Many of his works embrace the pleasures of near monochrome, constrained middle greys, rounded landforms and non-agitated, curvilinear flowing lines, generating tranquil, transcendent pictures.” Tanabe’s White Paintings were a series of works that the artist began in England and continued to paint through to 1958 in Vancouver. Titles for most of these works, explained Tanabe, were formulated only once the paintings had left the studio for exhibition. They were often drawn from poetry which Tanabe was reading at the time. Here & There a Dewdrop Glistening seems no exception to this method of naming. Painted in the year prior to his first trip to Japan and in the final year of the White Painting series, the work exudes a refrain of colour over geometry. In swoops of shades and pigment, Tanabe creates phantoms, passionate whispers on the canvas. See Lot 33 for another work from this series.
Waddington's
Sep. 24, 2015
TAKAO TANABE, R.C.A., SKINCUTTLE BAY, 1986, lithograph, Sheet 23.5 ins x 35 ins; 59.7 cms x 83.8 cms
Est: -
TAKAO TANABE, R.C.A.SKINCUTTLE BAY, 1986lithographsigned, titled, dated ‘88 and numbered 28/50 in pencil in the lower margin Sheet 23.5 ins x 35 ins; 59.7 cms x 83.8 cms Provenance:Equinox Gallery, VancouverPrivate Collection, TorontoEstimate: $600–800
Waddington's
May. 06, 2015
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (b. 1926), Yellow Field, lithograph, #67/75, 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Est: $800 - $1,200
signed, 1980
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Mar. 05, 2015
TAKAO TANABE, A SPACE BETWEEN SUN & SEA, casein on paper, 10.5 ins x 22.5 ins; 26.7 cms x 57.2 cms
Est: -
TAKAO TANABEA SPACE BETWEEN SUN & SEAcasein on papersigned and dated '59; titled on the backing 10.5 ins x 22.5 ins; 26.7 cms x 57.2 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoEstimate: $1,500-1,800
Waddington's
Nov. 24, 2014
TAKAO TANABE, UNTITLED, gouache, laid down on card, 10.75 ins x 13.75 ins; 27.3 cms x 34.9 cms
Est: $800 - $1,200
TAKAO TANABEUNTITLEDgouache, laid down on cardsigned and indistinctly dated '55; inscribed "study for a painting", signed and dated in pencil on the mount 10.75 ins x 13.75 ins; 27.3 cms x 34.9 cms Provenance:Private Collection, Montreal
Waddington's
Nov. 24, 2014
TAKAO TANABE, THE FOOTHILLS, acrylic on canvas, 55 ins x 72 ins; 139.7 cms x 182.9 cms
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
TAKAO TANABETHE FOOTHILLSacrylic on canvassigned; also signed, titled and dated 10/78 on the reverse and on the stretcher 55 ins x 72 ins; 139.7 cms x 182.9 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoLiterature:Roald Nasgaard, "Adventures in Abstraction," Takao Tanabe, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto, 2005, page 89.Note:The landscapes of Takao Tanabe focus on defined colour planes, amalgamating Canadian subject matter and the techniques of Asian Art. In the Prairie Paintings, Tanabe reduced the prairies to their essential features and, in turn, emphasized their expansiveness. Describing a similar work from the series, Nasgaard writes: "A dust storm, which can give an unearthly yellow tinge of refracted light to a prairie sky, might be clearing or approaching... (T)he foreground is modulated with dense velvety darks and crossed... by the gash of a cart road or dry riverbed... The atmosphere is palpable and raw and filled with subtly scintillating light."
Waddington's
Sep. 18, 2014
TAKAO TANABE, TREES AND ROCKS, watercolour and ink, 21.75 ins x 15 ins; 55.2 cms x 38.1 cms
Est: -
TAKAO TANABETREES AND ROCKSwatercolour and inksigned and dated /53; titled on the artist's label on the reverse 21.75 ins x 15 ins; 55.2 cms x 38.1 cms Estimate: $800-1,200
Waddington's
May. 26, 2014
TAKAO TANABE, DOZOA, BLUE BLAST, oil on canvas, 36 ins x 34 ins; 91.4 cms x 86.4 cms
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
TAKAO TANABEDOZOA, BLUE BLASToil on canvassigned, titled and inscribed "Vancouver #250" on the stretcher 36 ins x 34 ins; 91.4 cms x 86.4 cms Provenance:Private Collection, OntarioLiterature:Roald Nasgaard, "Adventures in Abstraction," Takao Tanabe, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto, 2005, page 47.Note:For a short time in the mid-1960s Tanabe was producing paintings that focused on geometry and colour, that featured "hard-edge design set against rivulets of poured colour or atmospheric washes, flat planes against passages of loose painterliness". While this work is not dated, it would seem to fit into this period of Tanabe's oeuvre.
Waddington's
May. 14, 2014
Takao Tanabe, Canadian (b. 1926), Passing Houston Stewart Channel, acrylic on canvas, 37 x 90 in. (94 x 228.6 cm)
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
signed lower right, 1985
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Mar. 20, 2014
TAKAO TANABE, UNTITLED - ABSTRACT COMPOSITION, watercolour, sight 29.5 ins x 21.5 ins; 74.9 cms x 54.6 cms
Est: -
TAKAO TANABE UNTITLED - ABSTRACT COMPOSITIONwatercolour; signed and dated '64 sight 29.5 ins x 21.5 ins; 74.9 cms x 54.6 cms Provenance: Private Collection, Toronto Estimate: $1,500-2,000
Waddington's
Jan. 23, 2014
TAKAO TANABE (CANADIAN, 1926-) BURRARD INLET &
Est: $800 - $1,000
TAKAO TANABE (CANADIAN, 1926-) BURRARD INLET & INDIAN ARM; PASTEL ON PAPER; TITLED, SIGNED AND DATED '57 LOWER RIGHT; TITLED TO GALLERY LABEL VERSO (Sight, 9" x 24")
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