# Takesada Matsutani artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Nationality: Japanese
- Movements: Gutai Art Association
- Common media: Painting, Vinyl adhesive (object-based sculpture), Printmaking, Installation art, Graphite drawing

## About Takesada Matsutani

Takesada Matsutani is a Japanese avant-garde artist born in 1937 in Osaka, Japan, who has been based in Paris since the 1960s while maintaining a studio in Nishinomiya. Active as a painter since the 1950s, he joined the Gutai Art Association in 1963 and remained a member until the group dissolved in 1972, absorbing its emphasis on artistic innovation and material experimentation. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Matsutani has worked across painting, vinyl-adhesive sculpture, printmaking, graphite drawing, and immersive installation. His practice moved from Gutai-era experimentation into hard-edge abstraction and large-scale graphite works, while retaining a focus on organic, biomorphic form. He is represented by Hauser & Wirth and continues to exhibit internationally, with a solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth London in early 2026.

## Common works and media

Collectors and appraisers most frequently encounter Matsutani's work as acrylic or vinyl-adhesive paintings on canvas, screen prints and etchings in numbered editions, graphite drawings on paper, and object-based sculptural reliefs. Gutai-period paintings from the 1960s and early 1970s, hard-edge abstract canvases, and his later densely worked graphite pieces are common categories at auction. Prints and multiples provide a more accessible entry point, while large-scale installations are typically institutionally held.

## Market and appraisal context

Takesada Matsutani's work appears regularly in the post-war and contemporary art auction market, with over 340 recorded lots. His Gutai-period works from 1963 to 1972 carry particular movement-association interest, while later paintings, prints, and graphite drawings represent distinct collecting segments. Appraisal should account for medium (unique painting, print edition, or work on paper), date, dimensions, provenance, condition, and whether a work falls within the Gutai period or his independent post-Gutai career. His long-running gallery representation and active exhibition schedule support continued market visibility.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Takesada Matsutani: https://www.takesadamatsutani.com/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3299376
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/76268349/
- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/311366
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takesada_Matsutani
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2004031576