Signed on lower right corner in graphite, MATSUTANI, 84. Marked on backside 41 x 33 cm, Paris 1984, along with Japanese kanji characters. A paper mounted on canvas with a form of black paint with a string affixed under the paint. No frame. Approximately 16 x 13 inches. Minor wearing to edges of canvas. Takesada MATSUTANI signed painting, oil painting, Painting on canvas, MATSUTANI signed art, signed artwork, artwork, wall art, home decor, Avant Garde Gutai art association, Fluxus art movement, art, wall painting, painting, Japanese artist, contemporary art. 12 Front Desk Property of Manhattan estate, Asian artifacts collector and professor at private university in Japan. Takesada Matsutani is a Japanese avant-garde artist based in Paris and Nishinomiya. Active as a painter since the 1950s, Matsutani's practice has also included object-based