Bumpei Akaji

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American | 1921 - 2002

Bumpei Akaji was an American artist who was born in 1921.

How much does a Bumpei Akaji cost?

Bumpei Akaji's work has been offered at auction multiple times. Among the artist's sold works is "Dante's Two Worlds 30 x 16 x 14 in. (76.2 x 40.6 x 35.6 cm), mounted to a wooden plinth", which realized 12,800 USD at Bonhams Los Angeles in 2025

Bumpei Akaji in the news

Bumpei Akaji has been featured in articles for and . The most recent article is written for Hyperallergic in January 2018. The artist died in 2002.

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Dante's Two Worlds 30 x 16 x 14 in. (76.2 x 40.6 x 35.6 cm), mounted to a wooden plinth - Bumpei Akaji

Dante's Two Worlds 30 x 16 x 14 in. (76.2 x 40.6 x 35.6 cm), mounted to a wooden plinth ,1968

By Bumpei Akaji

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Untitled ,1967

By Bumpei Akaji

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Dante's Two Worlds 30 x 16 x 14 in. (76.2 x 40.6 x 35.6 cm), mounted to a wooden plinth ,1968

By Bumpei Akaji

+156%

above mid-estimate

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Untitled ,1967

By Bumpei Akaji

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Articles

How Asian-American Artists Made a Mark on Abstract Expressionism

Hyperallergic 10 Jan, 2018

Asian-American artists engaged deeply and creatively with Abstract Expressionism, counter to historical views of the movement as a New York monolith.

AbEx East Influences

Artillery Magazine 02 Jan, 2018

鈥淎bstract Expressionism: Looking East from the Far West鈥� is a new exhibition at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaii seeking to revisit and, in effect, rewrite the history of Abstract Expressionism.