Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Yon Kuru, 1974
Acrylic · Canvas
Phillips · Nov 26, 2017HK$1,500,000 ≈ $192,090 ≈ £143,640 ≈ €160,718Sign up free to see price
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Green Form White Light
Sadamasa Motonaga (Japanese, 1922–2011) · 1990
$225,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £170,856≈ €190,034
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil and acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated "S. Motonaga '90" lower right; further signed and titled "Sadamasa Motonaga Green Form White Light [in Japanese]" on the stretcher
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 76 x 51 1/2 in. (193 x 130.8 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session (NY010817)
- Date
- November 15, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 154
- Estimate
- $150,000 – $200,000 (≈ £113,904 – £151,872) (≈ €126,689 – €168,919)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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