Takashi Murakami - My Kawaii Valentine: Online Auction Hong Kong Monday, February 14, 2022 | Phillips

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  • 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

Three works: (i) Panda Cubs Pandas; (ii) Pandas Panda Cubs Pandas; (iii) Panda Cubs Panda Cubs

(i) signed with the artist's initials and numbered 'TM 136/300' lower right; printed with artist's copyright and titled '"Panda Cubs Pandas" ©2019 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.' along the bottom edge
(ii) signed with the artist's initials and numbered 'TM 38/300' lower right; printed with artist's copyright and titled '"Pandas Panda Cubs Pandas" ©2019 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.' along the bottom edge
(iii) signed with the artist's initials and numbered 'TM 38/300' lower right; printed with artist's copyright and titled '"Panda Cubs Panda Cubs" ©2019 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.' along the bottom edge

offset lithographs in colours with cold stamp on paper
50 x 50 cm. (19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
(i) Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo in 2019, this work is number 136 from an edition of 300.
(ii) Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo in 2019, this work is number 38 from an edition of 300.
(iii) Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo in 2019, this work is number 38 from an edition of 300.

Estimate
HK$25,000 - 35,000 
€2,800-4,000
$3,200-4,500

Sold for HK$23,940

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Hin Hin Wong

Associate Specialist, 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Hong Kong

+852 2318 2013

hinhinwong@phillips.com

My Kawaii Valentine: Online Auction

Online Auction 14 - 22 February 2022