Lot 39
  • 39

Yoshitomo Nara

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Yoshitomo Nara
  • Big Eyed Cat
  • acrylic and pigment on printed paper  
  • 30 by 22 in. 76.2 by 55.9 cm.
  • Executed in 2003.

Provenance

Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
Locksley Shea Gallery, Minneapolis
Sotheby's, New York, November 15, 2007, lot 448
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Exhibited

Cleveland, Museum of Contemporary Art; Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art; San Jose Museum of Art; St. Louis, Contemporary Art Museum; Honolulu, The Contemporary Museum, Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens, September 2003 - May 2005

Literature

Yoshitomo Nara, Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works: Works on Paper, vol. 2, Tokyo, 2011, p. 202, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is lightly creased at the bottom right corner. The sheet undulates slightly and is hinged to the backing board on the reverse. Framed under Plexiglas.
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