Contemporary Art Evening Auction

TAKASHI MURAKAMI | FLOWER MATANGO (A)

Auction Closed

June 30, 01:51 AM GMT

Estimate

1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

TAKASHI MURAKAMI

b.1962

FLOWER MATANGO (A)

oil paint, acrylic, Fiberglass and iron

216 ½ by 118 ⅛ by 98 ½ in. 550 by 300 by 250 cm.

Executed in 2001-2006, this work is unique.

Galerie Perrotin, Paris

Private Collection

Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2016

Exh. Cat., Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (and travelling), Kaikai Kiki: Takashi Murakami, 2002 (Flower Matango (B))

Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art (and travelling), © Murakami, 2007, pp. 254 - 255, illustrated in color, pp. 256-257, illustrated in color (installed in the exhibition Kaikai Kiki: Takashi Murakami at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris in 2002) and p. 303 (text) (Flower Matango (B))

Exh. Cat., Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art (and travelling), Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, 2017, p. 28, illustrated in color (installed in the exhibition © Murakami at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 2007) (example unknown)

Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain and London, Serpentine Gallery, Takashi Murakami: Kaikai Kiki, June 2002 - January 2003

Derbyshire, Chatsworth House, Beyond Limits: Sotheby's at Chatsworth, September - October 2011