Untitled

Details

YOSHITOMO NARA (B. 1959)
Untitled
inscribed ‘I spend day time feeling Blue.’ (on the turning edge); signed with artist’s signature and dated ‘'96’, stamped ‘Y.N’ (on the reverse)
acrylic on cotton mounted on box
3.2 (H) x 7.4 x 9.5 cm. (1 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Painted in 1996

Provenance

Collection of Dagmar Behr, Germany (Acquired directly from the artist in 1996)
Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo (Acquired from the above in 2022)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Further details

This work is referenced in the Yoshitomo Nara digital catalogue raisonné and registered under YNF7198.

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Lot Essay

“The work is playing within the space between the selfishness and sensitivity of childhood and an adult's awareness of being part of a difficult society. In that sense, the work is both an intimate picture of my past emotions and an open take on the contemporary world.”——Yoshitomo Nara

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