Tetsuo Ochikubo (American/Hawaiian, 1923-1975) "Insight into Nature"
| Lot #: 227 Tetsuo Ochikubo (American/Hawaiian, 1923-1975) "Insight into Nature" |
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Oil on canvas. Signed 'T. Ochikubo' (lower right). Inscribed in pencil on the stretcher '#9 Title INSIGHT INTO NATURE' with a number, and again '78.203 / OCHIKUBO'; twice stamped 'RICHARD F. BRUSH ART GALLERY, Griffiths Art Center, St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y. 13617' (on the stretcher). |
| 60 x 40 in. |
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Provenance Probably Krasner Gallery, New York (Oscar Krasner; the artist's New York dealer, 1958-c.1972). A Private Upstate New York Institution. |
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Condition No in-paint or restoration. |
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Auction Date Sep 24, 2026 |
| Estimate: $5,000-$8,000 |
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Tetsuo Ochikubo (American/Hawaiian, 1923-1975)
Tetsuo Ochikubo, also known as Bob Ochikubo, was a Japanese-American painter, printmaker, and designer born in Waipahu, Hawaii. After serving as an infantryman in Europe during World War II, he studied painting and design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York. Ochikubo worked at the Tamarind Institute in the 1960s and became best known for his entirely abstract paintings and lithographs. Alongside Satoru Abe, Bumpei Akaji, Edmund Chung, Jerry T. Okimoto, James Park, and Tadashi Sato, he was a member of the Metcalf Chateau, a group of seven Asian-American artists with ties to Honolulu. Ochikubo died in Hilo, Hawaii, in 1975, and his work is held in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.
Tetsuo Ochikubo, also known as Bob Ochikubo, was a Japanese-American painter, printmaker, and designer born in Waipahu, Hawaii. After serving as an infantryman in Europe during World War II, he studied painting and design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York. Ochikubo worked at the Tamarind Institute in the 1960s and became best known for his entirely abstract paintings and lithographs. Alongside Satoru Abe, Bumpei Akaji, Edmund Chung, Jerry T. Okimoto, James Park, and Tadashi Sato, he was a member of the Metcalf Chateau, a group of seven Asian-American artists with ties to Honolulu. Ochikubo died in Hilo, Hawaii, in 1975, and his work is held in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.
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