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Koh Sugai
　March 13, 1919 - May 14, 1996
　Western-style painter and printmaker.
　One of the most highly acclaimed Japanese painters internationally.

　After attending Osaka Art School, he worked in the business advertising department of Hankyu Corporation.
　He was active as a graphic designer, creating posters before and after World War II.
　He also studied under the Japanese painter Teiichi Nakamura.
　
　In 1952, he moved to France, where he set up his studio in Paris, and continued to exhibit his works at international exhibitions held in Europe and the United States.
　He has continued to exhibit his work in international exhibitions held in Europe and the United States.
　He started out with works in an informel style, but around 1963, signs of a change in style began to appear.
　From around 1963, he began to show signs of a change in style, moving from his previous depictions of organic forms to a more organized, symbolic style that is unique to Kumi Sugai.
　The artist himself drove a Porsche Carrera.

　The artist himself drove a Porsche Carrera and reproduced its image on a large screen with clear colors and forms.
　The artist himself drove a Porsche Carrera and reproduced its image on a large canvas with clear colors and forms.
(1965), also in the museum collection.

　In 1967, he was seriously injured in an automobile accident on the highway to Paris,
　The following year, he was discharged from the hospital and resumed work with the help of an assistant.
　He resumed work the following year with the help of an assistant, and created a mural for the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
　He then exhibited works consisting of geometrical elements, precisely drawn circles and straight lines, with an extremely limited number of plastic elements.
　After the 70's to mid-80's, when his works consisted of geometric elements, precisely drawn circles, and straight lines, he began to use his own initials as well as his own name in his later years,
　In his later years, he created a series of works with an "S" motif, which is not only the artist's initials but also reminds one of a series of curves on a road.
In his later years, he worked on a series of works using the letter "S" as a motif, which is both his initials and a reference to the continuous curves of roads.

Biography
　1919 Born in Hyogo Prefecture
　1933 Attended Osaka Art School (Hirakata)
　1937: Employed by Hanshin Express Railway Company (left around 1949)
　Moved to France in 1952
　1953Held a four-person exhibition with Toshimitsu Imai, Yasukazu Tabuchi, and Valors
　　　　(Foyer des Artistes, Paris)
　1955Exhibited at the 40th Carnegie International Art Exhibition, Pittsburgh
　1959Exhibited at the 3rd Ljubljana International Print Biennale,
　　　　　Awarded the Prize of the Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb
　　　　　Exhibited at the 2nd Documenta (Kassel)
　1960Exhibited at the 2nd Tokyo International Print Biennale (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
　　　　　Awarded the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Prize.
　1962Exhibited at the 31st Venice Biennale,
　　　　　Awarded the David E. Bright Foundation Prize.
　1963Exhibited in the exhibition "Trends in Contemporary Painting: Western and Japanese" at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
　1965Exhibited at the 8th Sao Paulo Biennale, and won the Best Foreign Artist Award.
　1966 Awarded the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize for 1965
　1973Exhibited in the exhibition "The Development of Postwar Japanese Art: The Diversification of Abstract Expression" at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
　　　　(The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
　1976 "Sugai Kumi National Exhibition
　　　　(Organized by the Contemporary Print Center and traveled to more than 100 galleries and other venues in Japan)
　1983-1984 "Sugai Kumi Exhibition: Running Pictures, Beyond Clarity" (The Seibu Museum of Art, Otsu, Japan)
　　　　(Seibu Museum of Art, Seibu Hall, Otsu, etc.)
　1986 Exhibited in the exhibition "Avant-garde Japan 1910-1970" at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris.
　1992 "Sugai Kumi Exhibition" at Ohara Museum of Art, Tokyo
　1996 Died of heart failure at the age of 77
　　　　　Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon.
　2000 "Sugai Kumi Exhibition" (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)

　　　　　Listed in the 2011 Art Nomenclature, deceased column.
　　　　　Listed in the 1997 edition of the Japan Art Yearbook (p. 348).
　　　　　

Title of work: "Festival

　Number of copies: Limited edition of 200
　Production: 1972

　A work from the Festival series.
　This is one of the works seen from the 1970s to the 1980s.

　The formative elements are extremely limited and inorganic, reminiscent of road signs,
　standardized forms and clear colors.
　It is a two-dimensional work.

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Size, Condition, etc.

　Size

　　Artwork 13.3 x 14.5 in
　　Frame: 19.4 x 20.8 in

　Condition

　　The work has many light stains in the margins.
　　Please note that the effect on viewing is limited.
　　The frame has some stains, but they do not affect the use of the work.