Lot 803
  • 803

Yoshitomo Nara

Estimate
3,200,000 - 4,800,000 HKD
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Description

  • Yoshitomo Nara
  • Sleepless Night (Standing)
  • acrylic on canvas
signed in Japanese, titled in English and dated '97 on the stretcher, framed

Provenance

Galerie Michael Zink, Munich

Exhibited

Germany, Regensburg, Galerie Michael Zink, Sleepless Night, 1997
Germany, Saarbruecken, Stadtgalerie Saarbruecken, Trading Views, 2000; Erlangen, Staedtische Galerie Erlangen, 15 April - 21 May, 2000; The Netherlands, Leiden, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, 17 June - 1 October, 2000
Japan, Yokohama Museum of Art, I Don't Mind, If You Forget Me., 11 August – 14 October, 2001; Ashiya City Museum of Art & History, 19 January – 31 March, 2002; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 7 April – 2 June, 2002; Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art, 14 June – 28 July, 2002; Hirosaki, Yoshii Brick Brewhouse, 4 August – 29 September, 2002
Japan, Yokohama Museum of Art, The Best Selection of the Yokohama Museum of Art Collection, 29 July - 31 August, 2005
Japan, Yokohama Museum of Art, Works by Nara Yoshitomo in Yokohama Museum of Art Collection, 21 January – 20 March, 2011

Literature

Nara Yoshitomo: Lullaby Supermarket, Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, Japan, 2001, p.59
Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works 1984 - 2010, Bijutsu Shuppan Sha, Tokyo, Japan, 2011, p. 144

Condition

This work is generally in good condition. There is minor wear and handling marks around the edges. Having examined the work under ultraviolet light, there appears to be no evidence of restoration.
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