Takashi Murakami - 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in August 2002

  • 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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Property from a Distinguished Midwestern Collection

390

Untitled (Red And Gold DOBs)

silkscreen and acrylic on canvas mounted to wood
10 x 13 in. (25.4 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 1994.

Estimate
$30,000 - 50,000 

Sold for $37,500

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20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 13 November 2019