American sculptor, photographer and film maker. Born of Japanese parents, he received his first training in sculpture from the American sculptor Donal Hord (b 1902) in 1941. After demobilization from the US army in 1946 he worked as an antiques restorer and from 1947 to 1948 studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He moved to Paris in 1948 where he studied under Ossip Zadkine and in 1949 under Léger. In the latter year he came into contact with the Cobra group and exhibited with them at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
Shinkichi Tajiri (b. 1923)
Figure
1960
64.5 x 50 cm
Felt-tip pen on paper
Signed and dated lower right