Details
YOSHITOMO NARA (B.1959)
Untitled
acrylic, pen and coloured pencil on envelope
16 x 25 cm. (6 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1994
Provenance
Private collection
Shinwa Art Auction, Tokyo, 5 April 2008, lot 43
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1 October, 2017, lot 696
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Bijutsu Shuppan Sha, Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works Volume 2 – Works on Paper, Tokyo, 2011 (illustrated, plate D-1994-011, p. 74).
Brought to you by

Lot Essay

In a poem entitled “Dogs from Your Childhood”, penned by Yoshitomo Nara in 1999, the artist describes a dog that he sees in his mind’s eye, possibly from a time long-passed: “If the gathered past becomes the present, then perhaps the fragment of the imploding now that is the dog, is me, is you, as well.” – Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool by Melissa Chiu and Miwako Tezuka, Asia society Museum, New York, United States, 2010

Related Articles

Sorry, we are unable to display this content. Please check your connection.

More from
20th/21st Century Art Online
Place your bid Condition report

A Christie's specialist may contact you to discuss this lot or to notify you if the condition changes prior to the sale.

I confirm that I have read this Important Notice regarding Condition Reports and agree to its terms. View Condition Report