Yoshitomo Nara - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction Hong Kong Sunday, June 6, 2021 | Phillips

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  • "But what odd pilgrims they are! They run this way and that. They run with little arms stretched out before them, heads leaning back and closed eyes – an army of sleepwalkers."—Stephan Trescher

     

    Yoshitomo Nara Pilgrim
     Installation view of Walk On: Works by Yoshitomo Nara, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 18 March - 25 June 2000
    Photograph by James Isberner © MCA Chicago

     

    • Provenance

      Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
      Private Collection, USA
      Christie's, Hong Kong, 29 March 2019, lot 21
      Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

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The Little Pilgrim (Night Walking)

signed, numbered and dated 'Nara [in Japanese] 8/20 2002' (on the underside)
acrylic on fibreglass
27 x 19 x 17 cm. (10 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
Executed in 2002, this work is number 8 from an edition of 20.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
HK$400,000 - 600,000 
€42,100-63,100
$51,300-76,900

Sold for HK$819,000

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Danielle So
Associate Specialist, Head of Day Sale
DanielleSo@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Association with Poly Auction

Hong Kong Auction 7 June 2021