Takashi Murakami - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, October 19, 2021 | Phillips

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 19-21 October 2021

  • Catalogue Essay

    Including: Monogram Cherry; Monogram Multicolore-White; Monogram Multicolore-Black; Monogram Mini Multicolore-White; and Monogram Mini Multicolore-Black

  • 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 Private Collection, California

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Takashi Murakami

Louis Vuitton Monogram

2007
Five screenprints in colors, on editioned canvas mounted to aluminum chassis (as issued), all contained within the original Louis Vuitton presentation boxes.
all 16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm)
All signed in black marker on the reverse of the chassis, from the edition of 100, co-published by Louis Vuitton and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (with the artist's copyright stamp on the reverse).

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for $63,000

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 19-21 October 2021