Lot 804
  • 804

Yoshitomo Nara

Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD
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Description

  • Yoshitomo Nara
  • Chick the Ambassador
  • acrylic on canvas
signed in Japanese, titled in Japanese and English and dated '93 on the reverse, framed

Provenance

Galerie Humanite, Nagoya

Exhibited

Japan, Nagoya, Galerie Humanite, Be Happy, October 12 - 30, 1993; Tokyo, Galerie Humanite, November 29 - December 18, 1993
Japan, Tokyo, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, From the Depth of My Drawer, August 11 - October 10, 2004; Fukui, Kanaz Forest of Creation, October 19 - November 28, 2004; Yonago City Museum of Art, February 10 - March 21, 2005; Hirosaki, Yoshii Brick Brewhouse, April 16 - May 22, 2005; Korea, Seoul, Rodin Gallery, June 17 - 21 August, 2005
Japan, Yokohama Museum of Art, Works by Nara Yoshitomo in Yokohama Museum of Art Collection, 21 January - 20 March, 2011

Literature

Yoshitomo Nara: In the Deepest Puddle, Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, Japan, 1997, unpaginated
Nara Yoshitomo: Lullaby Supermarket, Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, Japan, 2001, p. 24
Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works 1984 - 2010, Bijutsu Shuppan Sha, Tokyo, Japan, 2011, p. 92

Condition

This work is generally in good condition. There is minor paint loss along the top right corner. Please note that it was not examined under ultraviolet light.
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