Takashi Murakami - Editions & Works on Paper New York Thursday, June 27, 2024 | Phillips

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 27 June 2024

  • Provenance

    Private Collection
    Phillips, London, Evening and Day Editions, September 10, 2020, lot 261
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Catalogue Essay

    Artworks ©1999 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., All Rights Reserved

  • 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

Takashi Murakami

And then and then and then and then and then (Yellow); and Melting DOB A

1999
Two offset lithographs, on wove paper, the full sheets.
both S. 26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in. (67.9 x 67.9 cm)
Both signed and numbered 153/300 and 204/300 in black ink respectively, published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, both framed.

Estimate
$800 - 1,200 •

Sold for $4,826

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 27 June 2024