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Suda Kokuta:
A Lifetime of Mandala
– 30 Years Later

The year 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the artist’s death. Celebrating this special year, we are presenting a virtual solo exhibition of Suda Kokuta (1906-1990), one of the most important post-war artists of Japan. Realising the Zen philosophy is the epitome of abstraction, Suda expressed its inner world by painting abstract works for over 20 years, from 1949 to 1970. The selected pieces in this show presented by Gregg Baker Asian Art represent the height of his artistic expression. Decades after his passing, the energy and vibration imbued in these powerfully spiritual works still continues to captivate the viewer today. 

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on paper

Signed Koku to lower left

H. 38cm x W. 30cm (15” x 12”) approx.

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on paper

Signed Koku to lower right

H. 40cm x W. 30cm (16” x 12”) approx.

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on paper

Signed Koku to lower left; dated 1960.1.31 on the reverse

H. 38cm x W. 28cm (15” x 11¼”) approx.

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on paper

Signed Koku to lower left

H. 38cm x W. 28cm (15” x 11¼”) approx.

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on paper

Signed Koku to lower right

H. 73.5cm x W. 58cm (29” x 23”) approx.

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on burlap

Signed Suda Kokuta, dated 1959.10.8 and inscribed the address on the reverse

H. 91cm x W. 73cm (36” x 28¾”)

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Sakuhin 51 (Work 51)

Oil on burlap

Signed Suda Kokuta and titled with the artist’s address on the reverse

Japan 20th century

H. 117cm x W. 91cm (46¼” x 36”)

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on paper

Signed Koku (to the reverse)

Japan 20th century

H. 76cm x W. 61.5cm (30″ x 24¼”) approx.

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Oil on canvas

Signed, dated 1967.7.18 and inscribed the artist’s address on the reverse

H. 117cm  x W. 80cm (46¼” x 31½”)

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on paper

Signed Koku; signed Suda Kokuta and dated 1959.2.22 on the reverse

H. 38cm x W. 28cm (15” x 11¼”) approx.

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on paper

Signed Koku to lower right

H. 38cm x W. 30cm (15” x 12”) approx.

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on paper

Signed Koku to lower left

H. 37.5cm x W. 28cm (15″ x 11¼”) approx.

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on canvas

Signed Koku to lower right; signed and dated 1963.7.26 on the reverse

H. 130cm x W. 90cm (51¼” x 35½”)

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Sakuhin Kuro (Work Black)

Oil on canvas

Signed Koku to lower right; signed, titled, dated 1963.4.22 and inscribed the address to the reverse by the artist

H. 40cm x W. 31cm (16” x 12¼”)

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Oil on canvas

Signed Koku to lower left; signed and dated 1961.12.10 to the reverse

H. 91cm x W. 73cm (36″ x 29″)

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka

Accompanied with an authenticity certificate by Suda Kokuta Authentication Committee.

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Oil on board

Signed; inscribed on the reverse with the artist’s name, address, telephone number and dated 1963.5.8

H. 46cm x W. 38.5cm (18¼” x 15¼”)

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on paper

Signed Koku to lower left

H. 40cm x W. 30cm (16” x 12”) approx.

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Oil on canvas

Signed, inscribed and dated 1963.9.11 on the reverse

H. 145cm x W. 112cm (57¼” x 44¼”)

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on paper


Signed Koku to lower left


H. 40cm x W. 30cm (16” x 12”) approx.


Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan

Suda Kokuta (1906-1990)
Untitled

Mixed media on paper

Signed Koku to lower right

H. 38cm x W. 28cm (15” x 11¼”) approx.

Provenance: Private collection, Osaka, Japan