Lot 1275: TIGER TATEISHI

TIGER TATEISHI
(1941-1998)
Spiral Moon; Rainbow Moon; & Necklace Moon
Spiral Moon: titled and dated in Japanese (lower left); signed 'Tiger Tateishi' in English; dated '1987' (lower right)
Rainbow Moon: titled and dated in Japanese (middle right); signed 'Tiger Tateishi' in English; dated '1987' (lower right)
Necklace Moon: titled and dated in Japanese (middle right); signed 'Tiger Tateishi' in English; dated '1987' (lower right)
each box: signed, titled and dated in Japanese
three pencil, colour pencil and gold leaf on paper, mounted with mixed media as hanging scroll. Each accompanied by an original box.
82.1 x 52.5 cm. (32 1/3 x 20 5/8 in.); 75 x 52.5 cm. (29 1/2 x 20 5/8 in.); & 73.5 x 53 cm. (29 x 20 7/8 in.)
each box: 8.5 x 8 x 77 cm. (3 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 30 1/4 in.) (3)
Executed in 1987
one seal of the artist (on each scroll); one seal of the artist (on each box) (3)

INAX Gallery, Osaka, Japan, Tiger Tateishi - Midnight Sightseeing, December 1987 (Spiral Moon and Rainbow Moon exhibited).
Sinagawa Culture Foundation O Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, Tiger Tateishi - Metamorphose Tiger, 19 November- 23 December1999 (Spiral Moon and Rainbow Moon exhibited).

Shinagawa Culture Foundation O Art Museum, Tiger Tateishi - Metamorphose Tiger, exh. cat., Japan, 1999 (Spiral Moon and Rainbow Moon illustrated, plates 38 & 39, p. 43).

Private Collection, Japan