Takashi Murakami - What Now?: Online Auction Hong Kong Thursday, February 2, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Ravenel, Taipei, 1 December 2019, lot 246
    Acquired at the above sale 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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Lot offered with No Reserve

Three works: (i) Mr. Fujiko F. Fujio and Doraemon Are in the Field of Flowers; (ii) Doraemon's Daily Life; (iii) Doraemon in the Field of Flowers

(i) signed, numbered, and dated 'Takashi Murakami 2019 118/300' lower right; inscribed 'Fujiko F. Fujio [in Kanji] ' lower left
(ii, iii) signed, numbered, and dated 'Takashi Murakami 2019 116/300' lower right; inscribed 'Fujiko F. Fujio [in Kanji] ' lower left

silkscreen on paper
(i) image 56.5 x 49.5 cm. (22 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
frame 77.3 x 70.2 cm. (30 3/8 x 27 5/8 in.)
(ii) image 56.5 x 49.5 cm. (22 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
frame 77.1 x 70.3 cm. (30 3/8 x 27 5/8 in.)
(iii) image 56.5 x 49.5 cm. (22 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
frame 77.3 x 70.2 cm. (30 3/8 x 27 5/8 in.)

(i) Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo in 2019, each work is number 118 from an edition of 300.
(ii, iii) Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo in 2019, each work is number 116 from an edition of 300.

©2019 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
©Fujiko-Pro

Estimate
HK$30,000 - 50,000 
€3,500-5,900
$3,800-6,400

Sold for HK$22,680

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