Property from a Private Collection, California
106Ο
Takashi Murakami
Louis Vuitton Monogram
- Estimate
- $20,000 - 30,000
$63,000
Lot Details
Five screenprints in colors, on editioned canvas mounted to aluminum chassis (as issued), all contained within the original Louis Vuitton presentation boxes.
2007
all 16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm)
All signed in black marker on the reverse of the chassis, from the edition of 100, co-published by Louis Vuitton and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (with the artist's copyright stamp on the reverse).
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Including: Monogram Cherry; Monogram Multicolore-White; Monogram Multicolore-Black; Monogram Mini Multicolore-White; and Monogram Mini Multicolore-Black
Takashi Murakami
Japanese | 1962Takashi 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.
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