Yoshitomo Nara - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale Hong Kong Tuesday, June 21, 2022 | Phillips

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  • "If viewers are able to see beyond the impulsive and surface-level impact of [my] work, and sense a moving quietude and depth, then, no doubt, these effects are influenced by such music."
    —Yoshitomo Nara

     

    Yoshitomo Nara singing in Hisaya Odori Park, Nagoya, 1984

     

     

     

    • Provenance

      Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
      PACE, New York
      Private Collection
      Christie’s, New York, 18 May 2017, lot 812
      Private Collection
      SBI Art Auction, Tokyo, 27 April 2019, lot 230
      Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

    • Literature

      N. Miyamura and S. Suzuki, eds., Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works, Volume 2: Works on Paper, San Francisco, 2011, p. 263, no. D-2007-053 (illustrated)

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Music from a Room

colour pencil on paper
40 x 29.8 cm. (15 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
Executed in 2007.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$700,000 - 900,000 
€85,200-110,000
$89,700-115,000

Sold for HK$1,008,000

Contact Specialist

Danielle So
Specialist, Head of Day Sale
+852 2318 2027
danielleso@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale

Hong Kong Auction 21 June 2022