Takashi Murakami - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | Phillips
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  • 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

Jellyfish Eyes

2002
Offset lithograph in colors, on wove paper, the full sheet.
diameter 22 in. (55.9 cm)
Signed with artist's symbol in black ink, a publisher's proof, aside from the edition of 250, co-published by Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, unframed.

Estimate
$3,500 - 4,500 

Sold for $5,334

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 22 - 24 October 2024