Collection Online

Browse by artist name

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Composition

Kumi SUGAÏ
Composition
 (mid 1950s)

Medium
colour lithograph

Measurements
53.5 × 38.9 cm (image) 66.0 × 50.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1959
© The estate of Kumi Sugaï

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Edition
ed. 69/75

Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 69/75
inscribed in pencil l.r.: (artist's monogram) / SUGAI
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: £12
inscribed in pencil on reverse (in another hand): 376/5
stamped in red ink on reverse l.r.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA

Accession Number
376-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Nonrepresentational Art

Subjects (specific)
black (colour) layers (components) linear forms linearity (form concept) primary colours red (colour) scratching (process) texture (artistic concept)

Explore the collection

The rock and the sea Rick AMOR (Abstract design) Erica McGILCHRIST Structure with disc Howard TAYLOR CMY Dice Abstract 56 Tim MAGUIRE Granite rocks, Freycinet Peninsula David CHAPMAN Terra domus Gunter CHRISTMANN Phenomenon, vanishing by green Paul JENKINS Abstract figures no. 2, scarf ASCHER LTD, London (manufacturer); Mario NISSIM (designer) Coromandel Valley Charles REDDINGTON Japanese village Willem de KOONING CMY Dice Abstract 5 Tim MAGUIRE Abstract with Aboriginal motif James CANT No title (Abstract) John WILKINS Abstract remnant 0404.1 Chris BOND Untitled Leonard HESSING Sungazer III Lawrence DAWS CMY Dice Abstract 21 Tim MAGUIRE Untitled Ludwig HIRSCHFELD MACK Oenpelli Lawrence DAWS Soot-black stone 5 Robert MOTHERWELL Minnie Mouse Willem de KOONING Hejira (Departure) Anton HOLZNER Landscape at Stanton Street Willem de KOONING Abstract construction David WIRE Third stone Sam FRANCIS Abstract Laurie WILSON Soot-black stone 6 Robert MOTHERWELL CMY Dice Abstract 28 Tim MAGUIRE No title (Abstract light pattern) Val FOREMAN Reflections: to Kermit from our trip to Japan Willem de KOONING