Live Auction 15970Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)
Lot 829 Property from a Private West Coast Collection

Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)

Mini Face

Closed18 May 2018

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USD 756,500

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Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)
Mini Face
signed in Japanese, titled and dated '01 Mini Face' (on the reverse); inscribed 'THANK LOTS!' (on the overlap)
oil on canvas
11 x 10 in. (27.9 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted in 2001.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 2001

Specialist note

“We should rediscover art that exists in what we think of as subculture. It’s strong and real anywhere you bring it because it’s directly born of the everyday folks [minshu] rather than of tradition, and related to their everyday life” (Y. Nara, quoted in M. Chiu and M. Tezuka, Yoshimoto Nara: Nobody’s Fool, exh. cat., Asia Society Museum, New York, 9 September 2010-2 January 2011, p. 22).