Mr. - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in association with Yongle Hong Kong Tuesday, November 29, 2022 | Phillips
  • "It’s not so much about me, but something Japanese. It is about Japan and the way things are. Otaku is something that only exists in Japan. I want to translate this for the people of the world to understand."
    — Mr. 


    The present work (marked in red) exhibited at Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama Triennale 2017, Mr: My Apologies, 4 August - 5 November 2017
    • Provenance

      Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

    • Exhibited

      Yokohama Museum of Art, Mr: My Apologies, 4 August - 5 November 2017

    • Literature

      Yokohama Triennale 2017: Islands, Constellations & Galapagos, exh cat., Yokohama Museum of Art, 2017, no. 19-16, p. 86 (installation view illustrated)

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Nurturing Human Mercy Within - Drawing

signed and dated '2013 Mr.' lower left
watercolour, pen and pencil on paper
28.7 x 39.7 cm. (11 1/4 x 15 5/8 in.)
Executed in 2013.

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Estimate
HK$200,000 - 400,000 
€24,900-49,800
$25,600-51,300

Sold for HK$201,600

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20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in association with Yongle

Hong Kong Auction 30 November 2022