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Minoru Nomata Sublime-LC3 1991–92
63 x 45.5 cm | 24 3/4 x 18 in.
Unique
Signed, with original edition number
Unframed
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Minoru Nomata – Sublime-LC3
Sublime-LC3 (1991), a hand-coloured lithograph by the Tokyo-based artist Minoru Nomata, belongs to a small group of unique prints that were created and returned to by the artist between 1888 and 1998. Originally printed in monochrome, this lithograph was revisited some years later when, inspired by an affection for hand-coloured photography, Nomata began painting over selected prints with delicate washes of colour. Nomata found that this hand-colouring provided a means to regain a sense of control over the original image, bringing the result more fully into his own hands and, at the same time, allowed him to explore the potential for subtle tones of colour to alter the atmosphere and mood of the image.
Details of works in the online exhibition Minoru Nomata: Lithographs 1988–1998
To add colour to this print, Nomata worked with soft watercolour brushes, applying several thin layers of acrylic pigment in progression from light to dark. These translucent washes preserve the underlying lithographic image while making each print a unique work. The artist, who often spent more than a month working with each print, as he explains, sought ‘something completely different from the original monochrome works’.
About plate lithography
Plate lithography is a printmaking technique based on the principle that grease and water repel one another. An image is either drawn directly onto a prepared metal plate, usually aluminium or zinc, using greasy crayons or liquid drawing materials, or transferred onto it using a light-sensitive coating. After chemical treatment, the plate is dampened and rolled with ink, which adheres to the image areas. A press transfers the ink to paper, preserving the character of the artist’s marks, from fine lines to soft tonal washes.
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Minoru Nomata
Sublime-LC3
1991–92
£2,250€2,250US$2,500
Minoru Nomata
Sublime-LC4
1991
£2,250€2,250US$2,500
Minoru Nomata
Untitled-LC1
1991
£2,250€2,250US$2,500
Minoru Nomata, Lithographs 1988–1998
Online Exhibition
Minoru Nomata
Lithographs 1988–1998
10 November 2026 – 2 February 2027
Online
White Cube presents an online exhibition of historic hand-finished lithographs by Minoru Nomata (b. 1955, Tokyo). These prints, which were produced between 1988 and 1998 and delicately painted over with watercolour by the artist, have until now been carefully stored in the artist's Tokyo archive.
Minoru Nomata
Over the past four decades, Minoru Nomata has developed a lexicon of imaginary architectonic and topographical forms to create paintings that transcend specifics of time and place. Characterised by a lack of human presence, Nomata’s visionary paintings combine the familiar with the mysterious and the heroic with the haunting.
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