Takashi Murakami - Asteroid B-612 Online Auction: Inspired by a Saint-Exupéry Novel Hong Kong Tuesday, December 7, 2021 | Phillips

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    “If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are abloom with flowers…”

    — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

    • Provenance

      KaiKai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

    • Artist Biography

      Takashi Murakami

      Japanese • 1962

      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.

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Lot offered with No Reserve

Expanding Universe

signed with the artist's initials and numbered 'TM 250/300' lower right; printed with artist's copyright and title '"Expanding Universe" ©2018 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.' along the bottom edge
offset print with cold stamp and high gloss varnishing on paper
diameter 71 cm. (27 7/8 in.)
Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo in 2018, this work is number 250 from an edition of 300.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$15,000 - 20,000 
€1,700-2,300
$1,900-2,600

Sold for HK$25,200

Contact Specialist

Hin Hin Wong
Associate Specialist, 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
+852 2318 2013
hinhinwong@phillips.com

Asteroid B-612 Online Auction: Inspired by a Saint-Exupéry Novel

Online Auction 7-14 December 2021