Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
TAKASHI MURAKAMI | FLOWER MATANGO (A)
Auction Closed
June 30, 01:51 AM GMT
Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
TAKASHI MURAKAMI
b.1962
FLOWER MATANGO (A)
oil paint, acrylic, Fiberglass and iron
216 ½ by 118 ⅛ by 98 ½ in. 550 by 300 by 250 cm.
Executed in 2001-2006, this work is unique.
Galerie Perrotin, Paris
Private Collection
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2016
Exh. Cat., Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (and travelling), Kaikai Kiki: Takashi Murakami, 2002 (Flower Matango (B))
Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art (and travelling), © Murakami, 2007, pp. 254 - 255, illustrated in color, pp. 256-257, illustrated in color (installed in the exhibition Kaikai Kiki: Takashi Murakami at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris in 2002) and p. 303 (text) (Flower Matango (B))
Exh. Cat., Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art (and travelling), Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, 2017, p. 28, illustrated in color (installed in the exhibition © Murakami at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 2007) (example unknown)