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Yu Nishimura โ€” look into
Yu Nishimura

look into

2023

This portrait presents a stylized male face rendered in oil paint with a distinctive Pop Art aesthetic. The composition features simplified facial features including defined eyebrows, minimalist eyes with dark pupils, and prominent red lips set against a muted flesh tone. The background employs contrasting areas of deep burgundy and cool turquoise, creating visual tension and enhancing the contemporary nature of the work. The painting's flattened perspective and restrained color palette reflect modernist portraiture conventions while maintaining an intimate focus on the subject's frontal gaze.

Medium
oil on canvas
Overall

Notes

Contemporary Day Auction, Sotheby's, sale on 2026-05-15.

๐Ÿ”จ Auction Lot

Contemporary Day Auction

May 15, 2026

Estimate: $80,000 โ€“ $120,000

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Yu Nishimura, look into, 2023

This portrait presents a stylized male face rendered in oil paint with a distinctive Pop Art aesthetic. The composition features simplified facial features including defined eyebrows, minimalist eyes with dark pupils, and prominent red lips set against a muted flesh tone. The background employs contrasting areas of deep burgundy and cool turquoise, creating visual tension and enhancing the contemporary nature of the work. The painting's flattened perspective and restrained color palette reflect modernist portraiture conventions while maintaining an intimate focus on the subject's frontal gaze.

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 0.194 x 162 cm
Year
2023
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Stylized Face, Contemporary Oil, Abstract Realism, Modernist Aesthetics, Pop Art, Portrait Painting, Figurative Art, Expressive Portraiture, Color Contrast, Minimalist Features, Frontal Gaze, Male Figure

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