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    • 2017

    • (i) signed with the artist's initials and numbered 'TM 166/300' lower right; printed with artist's copyright and titled ' "Fortune Favors the Merry Home! Kaikai and Kiki" ©2017 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.' along the bottom edge
      (ii) signed with the artist's initials and numbered 'TM 166/300' lower right; printed with artist's copyright and titled ' "There's bound to be difficult times There's bound to be sad times But we won't lose heart, we'd rather not cry, so laugh, we will!" ©2017 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.' along the bottom edge

    • offset lithographs in colours with sticker additions on smooth wove paper

    • each work: 72 x 72 cm. (28 3/8 x 28 3/8 in.)
      each frame: 75 x 75 cm. (29 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.)

    • Executed in 2017, each work is number 166 from an edition of 300.

  • Provenance

    Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Takashi Murakami

    Japanese • 1962

    Takashi Murakami is best known for his contemporary combination of fine art and pop culture. He uses recognizable iconography like Mickey Mouse and cartoonish flowers and infuses it with Japanese culture. The result is a boldly colorful body of work that takes the shape of paintings, sculptures and animations.

    In the 1990s, Murakami founded the Superflat movement in an attempt to expose the "shallow emptiness of Japanese consumer culture." The artist plays on the familiar aesthetic of mangas, Japanese-language comics, to render works that appear democratic and accessible, all the while denouncing the universality and unspecificity of consumer goods. True to form, Murakami has done collaborations with numerous brands and celebrities including Kanye West, Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams and Google.

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Two works: (i)There's bound to be difficult times There's bound to be sad times But we won't lose heart; we'd rather not cry, so laugh, we will! (ii) Fortune Favors the Merry Home! Kaikai and Kiki

2017
(i) signed with the artist's initials and numbered 'TM 166/300' lower right; printed with artist's copyright and titled ' "Fortune Favors the Merry Home! Kaikai and Kiki" ©2017 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.' along the bottom edge
(ii) signed with the artist's initials and numbered 'TM 166/300' lower right; printed with artist's copyright and titled ' "There's bound to be difficult times There's bound to be sad times But we won't lose heart, we'd rather not cry, so laugh, we will!" ©2017 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.' along the bottom edge

offset lithographs in colours with sticker additions on smooth wove paper
each work: 72 x 72 cm. (28 3/8 x 28 3/8 in.)
each frame: 75 x 75 cm. (29 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.)

Executed in 2017, each work is number 166 from an edition of 300.

Estimate
HK$20,000 - 30,000 
€2,200-3,300
$2,600-3,800

Sold for HK$32,500

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