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Masaaki Yamada (Japanese, 1929-2010), 山田正亮 Work D.209 1975 signed in English and Japanese, dated 1975 and with the artist label affixed on the reverse oil on canvas 130 x 130 cm (51 3/16 x 51 3/16 in) Fußnoten We are grateful to the Estate of Yamada Masaaki for confirming the cataloguing of the present work. Provenance Collection of the Artist, Japan M. Art, Japan Acquired directly from the above by the present owner Exhibited Tokyo, Koh Gallery, Yamada 1957-1978, 1978 Tokyo, Satani Gallery, Masaaki Yamada 1950-1980, 1983, p. 55, illustrated in color Tokyo, M.Art, Grid Paintings from the 1970s, 2001 Literature Yamada Masaaki, Works: Yamada Masaaki, Tokyo 1990, p. 147, illustrated in color 山田正亮 作品D.209 油彩畫布 1975年作 背面簽名：M.Yamada 1975 山田正亮1975年 背面附藝術家標籤 我們由衷感謝山田正亮遺產管理委員會確認此拍品資料 來源 藝術家收藏（日本） M. Art（日本） 現藏家購自上述收藏 展覽 「山田1957-1978」,東京Koh畫廊,1978年 「山田正亮1950-1980,」,東京佐谷畫廊 ,1983年,第55頁，彩圖 「方格繪畫自1970年代」,東京M.Art畫廊,2001年 出版 《山田正亮作品集》，山田正亮，東京，1990年，第147頁，彩圖 Beginning his artistic career in 1949 following the horrors of World War II, Masaaki Yamada developed his artistic skills in search for direction and control amidst the chaos of post-war Japan. Yamada's work is generally split into three distinct groups: Still-life, Work and Colour. Presented in this section are three works from his second and longest period, which stretched from 1956 until 1997, and is recognized as the core of his entire oeuvre. Through even applications of paint, Yamada renders his works with a strong philosophical approach, carried through with an intellectual, meditative and repetitive continuous working process that valued high volume production. Through his methodology, his entire artistic oeuvre can be read as one meta-painting, with each work representing a singular moment in the process. As his style developed he was included in the 4th Ecole de Tokyo exhibition in Los Angeles in 1963 and was later featured in exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, and the National Museum of Art, Stockholm. A rapturously received 1978 retrospective held at the Koh Gallery in Tokyo, in which Work D.209 (lot 28) was exhibited, increased his prominence both at home and abroad. It was also exhibited at a 1983 solo exhibition held at Satani Gallery in Tokyo. In the catalogue, art curator and critic Takashi Hayami describes the artist's eight phases of creation up until the exhibition date. Work D.209 and Work D.p.244 (lot 30) fall under the phase of Painting of Intersected Planes, which includes works executed from 1974 to 1979. Often times referred to as the "grid style," works during this phase evolved from his previous bicolored stripe paintings to more logic visual experiments of intersected planes. In the same catalogue, Hayami highlights Work D.209 specifically, stating "in D-209 (1975), the planes painted in slightly reddened white and very pale blue are put alternatively in a checkered pattern in extreme close value. Here, we can also observe the intersection of the planes as a physical structure and the whole surface painted in subtle contrast of hue and in very light value." Rendered with a precise grid and minimal colour contrasts, Work D.209 is at once simple and complex, logical and ethereal. The works in this section convey a sense of spiritually, which is a concept seldom reminded in the artist's practice, but especially present in the Work D.209, a rare masterpiece by the artist that shows a matured superior balance and coherence, ultimately tracing Yamada's continuous exploration and lifelong dedication to the most fundamental elements of art. 山田正亮深具精神性且令人著迷的作品，以彩色線性元素、機械性的顏料施作、以及幽微的色彩對比為其特徵。 在經歷二次大戰所帶來的驚恐之後，山田正亮於1949年開始其藝術生涯，他藉由藝術的鍛煉，企圖在戰後日本的動盪裡追尋生命的方向與控制權。 山田正亮的創作生涯可分為三個不同的時期：「靜物」、「作品」、及「色彩」。此次呈現三件拍品皆來自藝術家的第二個時期「作品」，這段開始於1956年並延續至1997年的創作時期歷時最長，公認是藝術家整體創作的核心。透過均勻塗佈顏料，山田正亮賦予其作品深刻的哲思，以一種儀式性、冥想般且持續重覆的程序繪製。如此的創作方法，使得他一生的創作可以被視為一件宏大的畫作，而其中的每件作品則代表了整個歷程中的單一時刻。隨著山田正亮確立其風格，他的作品在1963年洛杉磯的展覽「第四屆東京畫派」展出，隨後亦於倫敦的當代藝術學院（Institute of Contemporary Arts）、斯德哥爾摩的國家