Untitled Abstraction by Takao Tanabe

Takao Tanabe
Untitled Abstraction
watercolour
signed and dated 1959 lower right
23 x 11 ins ( 58.4 x 27.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $3,600.00
Sale date: April 27th 2021
Private Collection, Toronto
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Takao Tanabe
(1926) RCA
Born in British Columbia in 1926, Takao Tanabe has been an important figure in Canadian painting for over 50 years. Tanabe studied in Europe, the United States, and Japan. Following a decade as head of the art program and artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre, he returned to British Columbia in 1980 where he currently lives and works.