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Yoshitomo Nara
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description
- Yoshitomo Nara
- Dogs From Your Childhood
- dated Jan 2000 on the interior of the dog house
- fiberglass reinforced plastic and acrylic on canvas mounted on panel
- 41 3/4 by 23 1/2 by 96 in. 106 by 59.6 by 243.8 cm.
- Executed in 2000, this work is from an edition of 6. The edition is comprised of three pairs, within which each pair has a different roof color.
Provenance
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Galerie Michael Zink, Munich
Sotheby's, New York, May 11, 2005, Lot 321
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Galerie Michael Zink, Munich
Sotheby's, New York, May 11, 2005, Lot 321
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Exhibited
Saarbrücken, Stadtgalerie; Erlangen, Städtische Galerie; Leiden, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Trading Views, February - March 2000 (another example exhibited)
Literature
Stephan Trescher, Banana Yoshimoto & Yoshitomo Nara, Yoshitomo Nara: Lullaby Supermarket, Nuremberg, 2002, pp. 161, 198 & 199, illustrated in color
Condition
The dog components are in very good condition. There are a few very light marks, and an extremely fine scratch underneath the collar of the dog which comes in two sections. The dog house is in fair condition. The house has scattered soiling, stains and marks and exhibits evidence of light wear. The applied canvas is lifting in places at the extreme ends of the house.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
From the expanding watchtower of my frontal lobe,
My thoughts race beyond the dream mountains to the wide-open wilderness,
Where a wafer moon gently melts.
In the midst of the milk-white fog,
a dog spins round and around.
Boarding a plane on the pier of my heart,
A transfusion line flies off,
Sightseeing its way towards that dog.
If the gathered past becomes the present,
Then perhaps the fragment of the imploding now that is the dog,
is me, is you, as well. Yoshitomo Nara (Exh. Cat., Yoshitomo Nara, Lullaby Supermarket, Nuremberg, Institut für moderne Kunst, 2001, p.127)