Toshio Saeki

Japanese | 1945 - 2019

Toshio Saeki was a Japanese Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1945.

How much does a Toshio Saeki cost?

Toshio Saeki's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 628 USD to 25,400 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Toshio Saeki's most expensive works on paper?

Since 2016 the record price for this artist at auction is 25,400 USD for Seven works: (i-vii) Untitled, sold at Phillips New York in 2024. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Nanzuka Underground have featured Toshio Saeki's work in the past.

Toshio Saeki in the news

Toshio Saeki has been featured in articles for HYPEBEAST, Art Asia Pacific and Hi-Fructose. The most recent article is The Highest Low(Brow): 25 Years of L.A.’s Merry Karnowsky Gallery written for LA Weekly in August 2022. The artist died in 2019.

At Auction

Notable Lots

13 Artworks

UNTITLED,1972

By Toshio Saeki

+60%

above mid-estimate

Akai Hako (The Red Box),1972

By Toshio Saeki

+200%

above mid-estimate

from chimushi no.2

By Toshio Saeki

+516%

above mid-estimate

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Recent Auction Results

13 Artworks

UNTITLED,1972

By Toshio Saeki

+60%

above mid-estimate

Waddington's

Seven works: (i-vii) Untitled

By Toshio Saeki

+135%

above mid-estimate

Phillips New York

Seven works: (i-vii) Untitled

By Toshio Saeki

+262%

above mid-estimate

Phillips New York

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Past Exhibitions

Tokyo Pop Underground

Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (N. Orange Dr)

Los Angeles | California | USA

23 Nov, 2019 - 18 Jan, 2020

Tokyo Pop Underground

Jeffrey Deitch, New York (Wooster Str)

Soho | New York | USA

14 Sep, 2019 - 02 Nov, 2019

Geeks, Freaks & Strange Art

111 Minna Gallery

San Francisco | California | USA

06 Apr, 2018 - 28 Apr, 2018

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Articles

The Highest Low(Brow): 25 Years of L.A.’s Merry Karnowsky Gallery

LA Weekly 25 Aug, 2022

Merry Karnowsky Gallery’s early years were in a 900-square-foot space on the second floor of a building on S. La Brea, which already had a rich history in the L.A. art scene.

Nanzuka Hosts Star-Studded Group Show "JP Pop Underground" in Osaka

HYPEBEAST 16 Nov, 2020

‘Sexy Robot’ sculptures by Hajime Sorayama, skateboard works by Haroshi and erotic paintings by the late Toshio Saeki.

Nanzuka to Host Monumental "Global Pop Underground" Exhibition in Tokyo

HYPEBEAST 26 Jun, 2020

NANZUKA is pulling out all of the stops for its upcoming exhibition at Tokyo’s Parco Museum.

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Coverage

“ ..The world of black humor and eroticism that permeate Saeki's works is replete with provocative gimmickry, which by means of unveiling various sexual taboos, serves to stimulate our inner selves... ”
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