No Reserve
296
Takashi Murakami
Doraemon Sitting Up: Weeping Some, Laughing Some; A Blue Sky! Like We Could Go On Forever!; Doraemon and Friends Under the Blue Sky; and So Much Fun
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- £3,000 - 5,000•‡
£3,528
Lot Details
Four offset lithographs in colours, on smooth wove paper, the full sheets and with full margins.
2019/20
two I. 53 x 40 cm (20 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
two S. 65 x 57 cm (25 5/8 x 22 1/2 in.)
two S. 60 x 60 cm (23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in.)
two S. 65 x 57 cm (25 5/8 x 22 1/2 in.)
two S. 60 x 60 cm (23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in.)
All signed and each numbered variously from the editions of 300 in silver ink, all further signed 'Fujiko F Fujio' (printed) in Japanese, the inventor of Doraemon, published by Kaikai Kiki, Co., Ltd., Tokyo, all framed.
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Artworks ©2019/20 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., All Rights Reserved.
Takashi Murakami
Japanese | 1962Takashi 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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