Oil on canvas, signed at lower left, presented under glass in thick double wood frame.

Frame dimensions 37 x 32 1/4 in., Sight size 28 1/2 x 24 in.

Property of a Gentleman, Collected in Japan

Purchased from Paul Gallery, Tokyo in 1969


Soichiro Tomioka was born in Takada City, Niigata Prefecture. He studied art privately and first began exhibiting his work in 1953. Working predominantly in black and white, he developed his own paint, Tomioka White, to depict the snowy lands of Japan and other locales. Two large paintings of his were featured in the exhibition "The New Japanese Painting and Sculpture" held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1966.

Very good condition; some Stable craquelure to lower left corner; not examined outside of the frame.