Rating and value 2024 of Takaseda Matsutani's paintings, drawings and serigraphs

If you own a work by artist Takesada Matsutani or based on his work and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers will guide you. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its value on the current market. Thereafter, if you wish to sell your work, we will direct you to the best possible arrangement to obtain the optimum price.

Artist's rating and value

A surrealist painter, Takesada Matsutani has established himself as a major figure on the art market. His works are highly prized by collectors. Works can be found in a wide range of media, selling for between €15 and €294,620 - a relatively wide range, but one that says a lot about the price these works can fetch. For example, a work signed by Matsutani can be worth millions of euros at auction, as evidenced by his oil on canvas WORK 63-K, dating from 1963, sold for €294,620 in 2023, whereas it was estimated at between €92,000 and €138,100.  

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Style and technique of the artist Takaseda Matsutani

Takaseda Matsutani is a Japanese surrealist artist, who has produced drawings, prints, paintings and sculptures.

He is at the origin of a substantial production. His works are characterized by compositions in relief, the application of colors on large surfaces and an artistic approach that goes further and further. In Japan, he was part of the avant-garde Gutai movement, which is why many of his works have been linked to Surrealism.

He is also a member of the Gutai movement, which is why many of his works have been linked to Surrealism.

The career of Takaseda Matsutani   

Takaseda Matsutani (b. 1937), is a surrealist artist born in Osaka, Japan.

He began his artistic training in 1954, at the Osaka School of Arts and Crafts. Ill, he was unable to complete his studies and taught himself Japanese painting. He took a keen interest in Western avant-garde painting and Surrealist rubbings.

He exhibited for the first time in 1957, and Shosaku Arao invited him to become his teacher. After meeting Montonaga, he joined the avant-garde Gutai group.

In 1966, he was awarded the Institut franco-japonais de Tokyo prize, which enabled him to spend six months in France. He took the opportunity to travel to several European countries to study Western art in greater detail, and settled in Paris permanently at the end of the 60s, while continuing to exhibit regularly in Japan. Today, he still works in Paris, which explains the presence of his works on the French market.

The legacy of Takaseda Matsutani   

The works of Takaseda Matsutani are characterized by perpetual experimentation around surrealism. Today, he is not well known to the general public, but appreciated and sought after by collectors.

Although some of his paintings or drawings are held in museums in France, Japan and around the world, private collectors play a big part in preserving his work.

His signature

Not all of Takaseda Matsutani's works are signed.

If you think you own one, it's best to have it appraised to be sure of its originality.

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