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Takashi Murakami (b. 1962)
AND THEN Blue
numbered, signed and dated '9/50..TAKASHI '99' in pencil (on the reverse)
screenprint in colors, on BFK Rives paper
Image: 1534 x 1534 in. (40 x 40 cm.)
Sheet: 2012 x 2012 in. (52.1 x 52.1 cm.)
Executed in 1999. This work is number 9 from the edition of 50 (there were also five artist's proofs). Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo.
Provenance
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York.
Literature
Kaikai Kiki Gallery 9
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