- 476
Aya Takano
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Aya Takano
- Stuffed Animal Room
- signed and dated 2006 on the stretcher
- acrylic on canvas
- 76 by 101 1/2 in. 193 by 257.8 cm.
Provenance
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Exhibited
Culver City, Royal-T, Just Love Me: Curated by Yukie Kamiya, April - August 2008
Culver City, Royal-T, Party Animal: Curated by Lindsay Scoggins, July - September 2011
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling at the edges and corners. The canvas is slightly slack on the stretcher. Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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
"Takano's world is, however, more secular, even uncomfortably racy at times. While these manga artists of the 70s established escapist environments and created their own sanctuaries, and by doing so created networks of salvation to rescue teenage girls from the "gravity" of social constraints and questions of self-existence, Takano, by inserting daydream-like landscapes into her paintings of the modern city, manages to perceive the ordinary through a different lens, and proposes the development of the imagination as a means of release from the very same "gravity."" - Akiko Miki ("Toward Eternity," Exh. Cat., Aya Takano, Paris, 2008)