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