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Auction archive: Lot number 319

Takashi Murakami

Estimate
US$80,000 - US$120,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 319

Takashi Murakami

Estimate
US$80,000 - US$120,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Takashi Murakami Follow Hey! We are skulls signed, titled, inscribed and dated "May 2003 Hey! We are skulls Takashi Murakami and Kaikai Kiki & Chiso [in Japanese]" lower right silk, wood, acid dyes, platinum foil and metal image 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (40 x 40 cm.) overall 51 1/8 x 20 3/8 in. (129.9 x 51.8 cm.) Executed in 2003, this work is unique, and is accompanied by an artist's wood box.
Condition Report Request Condition Report Thank you for your request. The Condition Report will be sent shortly. Contact Us * Required Send me the Report Via Email Fax Contact Specialist Cancel Provenance Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo Acquired from the above by the present owner Artist Bio Takashi Murakami Japanese • 1962 Follow Takashi Murakami is best known for his contemporary combination of fine art and pop culture. He uses recognizable iconography like Mickey Mouse and cartoonish flowers and infuses it with Japanese culture. The result is a boldly colorful body of work that takes the shape of paintings, sculptures and animations. In the 1990s, Murakami founded the Superflat movement in an attempt to expose the "shallow emptiness of Japanese consumer culture." The artist plays on the familiar aesthetic of mangas, Japanese-language comics, to render works that appear democratic and accessible, all the while denouncing the universality and unspecificity of consumer goods. True to form, Murakami has done collaborations with numerous brands and celebrities including Kanye West, Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams and Google. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 319
Auction:
Datum:
14 Nov 2018
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
Beschreibung:

Takashi Murakami Follow Hey! We are skulls signed, titled, inscribed and dated "May 2003 Hey! We are skulls Takashi Murakami and Kaikai Kiki & Chiso [in Japanese]" lower right silk, wood, acid dyes, platinum foil and metal image 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (40 x 40 cm.) overall 51 1/8 x 20 3/8 in. (129.9 x 51.8 cm.) Executed in 2003, this work is unique, and is accompanied by an artist's wood box.
Condition Report Request Condition Report Thank you for your request. The Condition Report will be sent shortly. Contact Us * Required Send me the Report Via Email Fax Contact Specialist Cancel Provenance Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo Acquired from the above by the present owner Artist Bio Takashi Murakami Japanese • 1962 Follow Takashi Murakami is best known for his contemporary combination of fine art and pop culture. He uses recognizable iconography like Mickey Mouse and cartoonish flowers and infuses it with Japanese culture. The result is a boldly colorful body of work that takes the shape of paintings, sculptures and animations. In the 1990s, Murakami founded the Superflat movement in an attempt to expose the "shallow emptiness of Japanese consumer culture." The artist plays on the familiar aesthetic of mangas, Japanese-language comics, to render works that appear democratic and accessible, all the while denouncing the universality and unspecificity of consumer goods. True to form, Murakami has done collaborations with numerous brands and celebrities including Kanye West, Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams and Google. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 319
Auction:
Datum:
14 Nov 2018
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
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