Lot 37
And then, and then, and then, and then, and then / Cream 2006
offset lithograph in colours, published by Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., Tokyo, ed. 42/300
signed in metallic ink lower right: Takashi Murakami
editioned lower right
titled and dated in plate lower left
49.5 x 49.5cm
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
Guy Hepner, New York
Private collection, Melbourne
"Takashi Murakami is best known for his appropriation of the iconography and methodology of manga and anime, including their means of production and distribution; his characters are produced by his studio in industrial quantities with minor variations. This work, which Murakami maintains was intended as an ironic self-portrait, marks one of the earliest appearances of Mr DOB, a slightly unhinged blend of the popular characters Sonic the Hedgehog and Doraemon that has appeared consistently in his work for the past two decades."
(Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane)
RELATED WORK:
Takashi Murakami, And then, and then and then and then and then 1994, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 280 x 300cm, the permanent collection of the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Prints & Multiples
AUCTION
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