Atsuko Tanaka (1932-2005 Japanese) ''Untitled'' 1959 Synthetic Polymer on Canvas 64.5''x51'' Image. Important museum quality electric abstraction from her Gutai period (1955-65). Signed in Kanji lower right. Signed and dated again on verso. Christie's 00105798 inventory label and Lou Sgroi Studio ink stamp on stretcher verso. Original framing 65.5''x52''. Some minor scattered areas of stable craquelure. Overall excellent condition. Provenance: Originally from a private estate in New York's Dakota Building. Purchased David Rago Auctions (now Rago/Wright) ''20th Century Modern Auction'' 3 May 1998, Lot 674. Acquired from the above by present owner, Seattle Washington. This painting was one of twenty-three lots in that sale originating from a private estate in the Dakota Building, New York. Lots included an original Friedrich Hundertwasser painting as well as modern design. The original auction catalog and copy of receipt will be included with purchase. Tanaka's painting can be found in some of the most prominent Modern Art Museums around the globe including the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Centre Pompidou, Paris. The Gutai Art Association was an avant garde artist group in Japan founded by Jiro Yoshihara in 1954. Its other members included Sadamasa Motonaga, Akira Kanayama, Saburo Murakami, Kazuo Shiraga, and Atsuko Tanaka.