SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
The Japanese painter and printmaker Shōichi Hasegawa (1929–2023) developed an abstract body of work that brings together East Asian calligraphy, the traditional symbolism of forms and colours, and new Western modes of expression. The notice on his work describes coloured backgrounds termed “Tachist”, traversed by decorative graphic motifs engraved in white and rooted in the tradition of Japanese popular imagery.
Born in Yaizu, in Shizuoka Prefecture, he studied at the Kokuga Institute in Tokyo. After arriving in Paris in 1961, he was introduced to printmaking at Stanley William Hayter’s Atelier 17. In 1968, he received the First Prize for Printmaking at the International Exhibition of Como. His solo exhibitions are recorded, among other places, in Tokyo in 1957, 1959, 1961, 1979 and 1986, and in Paris in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1978, 1980 and 1981.
Works by Hasegawa are held in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. In 1987, a book by Patrick-Gilles Persin devoted to the artist was published in Frankfurt; it includes a catalogue raisonné of his prints. Hasegawa died in Paris on 22 February 2023.
This profile brings together identity references for Shōichi Hasegawa and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
5 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Genève Enchères, Piguet. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Watercolour and Indian ink
Untitled.
Aquarell und Tusche
Catalogue period : 2023-11-09
Published result : 230 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300
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Watercolour and Indian ink
"Labyrinthe".
Aquarell und Tusche
Catalogue period : 2023-11-09
Published result : 350 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400
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Watercolour on paper
Ohne Titel.
Aquarell auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2021-05-07
Published result : 650 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000
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Watercolour
Aquarelle sur papier
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2019-04-30
Published result : 500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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technique mixte sur toile
Catalogue period : 2015-12-09
Published result : 220 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
