Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Dark Prairie II #20/35
Media colour etching on paper
Dated 1984
Size 15.75 x 23.5 in. / 40 x 59.7 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Midnight Sky
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1953
Size 14.25 x 21.5 in. / 36.2 x 54.6 cm.

Notes
signed upper left; titled and dated lower right; framed with archival mat

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,500

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Prairie Morning #22/37
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 14 x 20 in. / 35.6 x 50.8 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Shuttleworth Sunset #18/75
Media colour wood block on paper
Dated 1993
Size 13.25 x 21 in. / 33.7 x 53.3 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; two embossed chops lower left; framed with archival mat and special glass

Provenance
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title After Harvest #57/75
Media colour lithograph on paper
Dated 1976
Size 18.5 x 15.75 in. / 47 x 40 cm.

Notes
signed, dated, and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Untitled - The Prairie
Media acrylic on canvas board
Size 16 x 26 in. / 40.6 x 66 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed

Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$7,000-$9,000

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Low Foothills, South of Claresholm
Media acrylic on paper board
Dated 1982
Size 12.25 x 15.75 in. / 31.1 x 40 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and dated along bottom; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Low Tide #17/50
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 11 x 16 in. / 27.9 x 40.6 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and embossed chop along bottom; framed with special glass

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Summer Foothills 6/79
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated 1979
Size 26 x 32 in. / 66 x 81.3 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso; framed

Provenance
Marlborough Godord, Toronto/Montreal, label verso; from a prominent Calgary collection and by descent
Estimate CAD$10,000-$15,000

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Yellow Field #54/75
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 16.75 x 25.5 in. / 42.5 x 64.8 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; embossed chop lower right; framed

Provenance
from a corporate collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Dark Prairie, II #17/30
Media colour etching on paper
Dated 1984
Size 15.75 x 23.5 in. / 40 x 59.7 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat and special glass

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title The Land 5/75
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated 1975
Size 26 x 44 in. / 66 x 111.8 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled, numbered and inscribed 'Banff' verso; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$5,000-$7,000

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title San Marco, Venice
Media pastel on paper
Dated 1955
Size 12 x 18.5 in. / 30.5 x 47 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and dated lower right; framed

Reference
Women's Committee, Calgary Allied Arts Council, No. 188, label verso

Provenance
private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title The Land '79
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated 1979
Size 55 x 93 x 1 in. / 139.7 x 236.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and dated verso; framed

Reference
‘Series such as The Land, influenced by his experience of the Prairies, and the seascapes, which became one of the artist's principal subjects after his return to BC in 1980, allude to a larger and metaphysical experience of space.’ from The Canadian Encyclopedia, by Joyce Zemans

Provenance
Marlborough Godard Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Saskatoon
Estimate CAD$15,000-$17,000

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title The Land 30/75
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated 1975
Size 42 x 72 x 1 in. / 106.7 x 182.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso; framed; small rub noted upper left

Provenance
ex-collection Western Co-operative Fertilizer/Viterra Inc.
Estimate CAD$15,000-$20,000

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Skincuttle Bay #24/50
Media colour lithograph on paper
Dated 1986
Size 17 x 32.75 x 1 in. / 43.2 x 83.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Untitled - Abstract
Media ink on paper
Dated 1955
Size 7.5 x 5 x 1 in. / 19 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed inside; Christmas card format; unframed

Estimate CAD$10-$12

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Early Morning [Inside Passage]
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1996
Size 9.25 x 18.75 x 1 in. / 23.5 x 47.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and dated lower right; signed, titled and dated on paper attached verso; framed with archival mat and special glass

Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Untitled - Collage in Beige and Blue
Media collage on hard board
Dated 1965
Size 11.5 x 17.5 x 1 in. / 29.2 x 44.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right

Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Triangular Orange Go Right
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated 1964
Size 18 x 27 x 1 in. / 45.7 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initial and dated lower right; signed, titled, dated and inscribed on stretcher verso

Provenance
private collection, Ontario
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,000

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Q III [Cut Corners] #3/18
Media silkscreen on paper
Dated 1968
Size 18 x 17.75 x 1 in. / 45.7 x 45.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered lower left; irregular shaped paper with metallic ink; tipped on along top edge

Reference
sketch from this time period included in the collection of the Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal

Provenance
Marlborough Godard, Toronto, label verso; purchased from Levis Auction; from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Denmark, the Land
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1954
Size 9 x 20.25 x 1 in. / 22.9 x 51.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled and inscribed on artist's label verso; some acid damage on extreme edges

Reference
inscribed 'Exhibited Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, 1955' and address of '436 Edmonton St. WPA' on label

Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title The Land
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated 1977
Size 26 x 32 x 1 in. / 66 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and dated verso

Provenance
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Prairie Hill With Cloud #20/75
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1980
Size 14 x 26 x 1 in. / 35.6 x 66 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
singed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; archival mat

Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title The Land #37
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated 1972
Size 27 x 42 x 1 in. / 68.6 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'New York' verso

Reference
see Takao Tanabe 1972-1976 The Land, for other work from this series of paintings

Provenance
Marlborough - Godard, Toronto, label verso; corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Landscape Study
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1970
Size 31 x 23 x 1 in. / 78.7 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and titled lower right

Reference
see comparitive piece in the University of Lethbridge's collection at their web site http://home.uleth.ca/sfa-gal/collections/20th/tanabe1.html

Provenance
D & E Lake, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$800-$1,200

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Prairie Winter, Near Cremona
Media watercolour on papaer
Dated 1978
Size 11 x 15 x 1 in. / 27.9 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and dated along bottom; archival mat

Provenance
Marlborough-Godard, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Southern Alberta Foothills
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated 1982
Size 24 x 18.75 x 1 in. / 61 x 47.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso

Provenance
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, and Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, labels verso
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title The Prairie / Sketch
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated 1975
Size 16 x 25.75 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 65.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; laid down on masonite

Provenance
private collection, Victoria; purchased from Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Spring Snow, Banff
Media ink and charcoal on paper
Dated 1951
Size 11.75 x 18 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title on back

Reference
the artist was employed between 1950 and 1953 at the Banff School of Fine Arts

Provenance
private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Takao Tanabe
Title Q III [Cut Corners] #3/18
Media silkscreen on paper
Dated 1968
Size 18 x 17.75 x 1 in. / 45.7 x 45.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered lower left; irregular shaped paper with metalic ink; tipped on along top edge

Reference
sketch from this time period included in the collection of the Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal

Provenance
Marlborough Godard, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Toronto
Estimate CAD$300-$500