Lot 198
  • 198

TAKASHI MURAKAMI | Monogramouflage Treillis

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Takashi Murakami
  • Monogramouflage Treillis
  • signed and dated 08 on the stretcher
  • acrylic on canvas
  • 180.3 by 180.3 cm. 71 by 71 in.

Provenance

Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly deeper and richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Extremely close inspection reveals two very fine cracks towards the lower right hand corner tip. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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Catalogue Note

“As a Japanese artist whose art is born in the chaos of an art scene without rules or distinctions, maybe I am able to break boundaries in ways that a Western artist cannot" (Takashi Murakami cited in: Jim Frederick, 'Move Over, Andy Warhol', Time Magazine Japan, 19 May 2003, pp. 42-44).