May 02, 2024 - Sale 2667

Sale 2667 - Lot 112

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
TOMIHISA HANDA (1937 - 2017, JAPANESE)
Warrior.

Black Swedish granite on wood and steel base, 1972. Incised in Kanji, and dated, 72. 292x470x180 mm; 11½x18½x7 inches (excluding base). 1042 mm; 41 inches high, (base).

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, 1972; The Eugene J Prakapas and Dorothy Prakapas Collection, inventory number 47604.

Sold on behalf of The Eugene J Prakapas and Dorothy Prakapas Collection in memory of Thomas C. Mendenhall, to benefit a scholarship fund at Yale University.

Tomihisa Handa earned a BA degree in sculptue from the Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts, followed by a, MA in architecture at Meiji University.