Murakami Takashi
B. 1962
MISS KO2
signed in English and inscribed with the names of the assistants who contributed to the execution of the work
fiberglass, iron, synthetic resin, oil paint and acrylic
182.9 (H) by 63.5 by 82.6 cm; 72 (H) by 25 by 32½ in.
executed in 1997
edition: 3/3 (this work is from an edition of 3 plus one artist's proof)
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Marianne Boesky, New York
Private Collection
Phillips de Pury & Company, 8 November 2010, lot 10
Private Collection, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Another example exhibited and illustrated:
US, New York, Feature, Murakami: Hiropon, Project ko2, February to March 1997
Japan, Tokyo, Big Sight, Wonder Festival '98, January 1998
US, Annandale-on-Hudson, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Takashi Murakami The Meaning of the Nonsense of the Meaning, June to September 1999, pp. 38, 58 and 60, pl. 15
Japan, Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art of Tokyo, TAKASHI MURAKAMI: summon monsters? open the door? heal? or die?, 25 August to 4 November, 2001, unpaginated
US, Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, c Murakami, 29 October, 2007 to 11 February, 2008, p. 69
US, New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 5 April to 13 July, 2008; Spain, Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum, 17 February to 31 May, 2009, pp. 83–85
France, Paris, Chateau de Versailles, Murakami Versailles, 14 September to 12 December, 2010, pp. 92-99
South Korea, Seoul, LATEAU, Samsung Museum of Art, Takashi in Superflat Wonderland, 7 July to 8 December, 2013, pp. 36-39
Another example illustrated:
G. Molinari, Takashi Murakami, Flash Art, March/April 1998, p. 106
Wonder festival '98, Design Plex, March 1998, p. 28
M. Asano, The Readymade Hall of Fame, Monthly Model Graphix, April 1998, p. 43 – 49
M. Matsui, Takashi Murakami, Index, November 1998, p. 49
K. Itoi, Pop Goes the Artist, Newsweek, Summer 2001 (Special Issue), p. 86
Takashi Murakami Kaikai Kiki, Fondation Cartier pour l';Art Contemporain, Paris, France, 2002, p. 77
J. Roberts, Magic Mushrooms, Frieze, October 2002, p. 68
J. Huckbody, Shooting from the hip, i-D Magazine, February 2003, p. 81
N. Ratnam, i-D Magazine, February 2003, p. 86
A. Browne, When Takashi Met Marc, V, Issue 22, March - April 2003
M. Naves, Warhol, Porn and Vuitton, The New York Observer, April 15, 2008
Lai Yu-fu, Special Feature: Takashi Murakami, Bijutsu Techo and Big Art Press, Taipei, Taiwan, 2010, p. 18