Yoshitomo Nara - New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art Hong Kong Friday, October 4, 2024 | Phillips
  • “The drawings are his private musings. They are sometimes made on torn envelops and paper scraps and suggest impulsive doodling… Ultimately, they act as records of his personal anecdotes, impressions, and stories.”  
    — Yeewan Koon, Yoshitomo Nara

    • Provenance

      Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
      Private Collection
      Christie's, New York, Feburary 26 – March 10 2015, lot 5
      Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

    • Literature

      Noriko Miyamura and Shinko Suzuki, eds., Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works Volume 2: Works on Paper, Tokyo, 2011, no. D-1996-083, p. 345 (illustrated, p. 98)

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Baby I'm Alone Tonight

signed and dated 'Nara ’96' lower right
pen and coloured pencil on paper
21.6 x 14 cm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Executed in 1996, this work is registered in the Yoshitomo Nara Online Catalogue Raisonné under registration number YNF1683.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$300,000 - 500,000 
€34,700-57,800
$38,500-64,100

Sold for HK$444,500

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Modern & Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
+852 2318 2095
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New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art

Hong Kong Auction 4 October 2024