Sadao Hasegawa was a Japanese artist who was born in 1945. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Tai Kwun have featured Sadao Hasegawa's work in the past.Sadao Hasegawa's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 600 USD to 27,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2022 the record price for this artist at auction is 27,500 USD for "Red Dan.", sold at Swann Auction Galleries in 2022. Sadao Hasegawa has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for MOUSSE Magazine in March 2025. The artist died in 1999.
From the late 1970s until his death in 1999, Sadao Hasegawa was one of postwar Japan鈥檚 most prominent illustrators, and a major figure in the country鈥檚 burgeoning industry of gay magazines.