Auction 002 Art, Collectables & Antiques
Mar 25, 2021
United Kingdom
 2 Bedford Terrace North Shields Tyne and Wear NE29 0AW
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LOT 13:

Manabu Mabe (1924-1997).

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£ 125
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Manabu Mabe (1924-1997).

Manabu Mabe was a Japanese-Brazilian painter. Mabe worked as a vendor of hand-painted ties in São Paulo before becoming a famous artist.


On January 30, 1979, after an exhibition in Tokyo, 53 of his paintings were on board a Varig cargo Boeing 707-323C en route from Tokyo - Narita to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão via Los Angeles. The aircraft (and the paintings) went missing over the Pacific Ocean some 30 minutes (200 km ENE) from Tokyo. The cause is unknown since the wreck was never found.

His works are currently displayed in the permanent exhibitions of the São Paulo Contemporary Art Museum, the Modern Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro, the Boston Contemporary Art Museum, the Beaux-Arts Museum of Dallas among others. The Rio de Janeiro National Museum for the Beaux-Arts lodges the most expressive paintings of a Still Nature (oil on canvas). Other institutions that display his work are the National Art Museum of Bolivia and the V+R Sapoznik Art Collection.


This painting on thick paper measures 9x6 inches, and is signed Mabe in the corner. 9x5.75 inches. It comes supplied with coa.


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