Live Auction 2164721st Century Day Sale
YOSHITOMO NARA (B. 1959)
Lot 326

YOSHITOMO NARA (B. 1959)

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Closed29 May 2024

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HKD 2,520,000

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YOSHITOMO NARA (B. 1959)
Cat
signed with the artist’s signature, titled, and dated ‘cat '93’ (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 cm. (15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
Painted in 1993

Galerie Ferdinand van Dieten, Amsterdam
Private collection
Sotheby's Amsterdam, 23 May 2007, lot 201
Private collection, Asia (acquired from the above)
Christie's Hong Kong, 29 March 2018, lot 76
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

"I recalled myself as a child who was talking to the cat, and rediscovered that sensitivity." — Yoshitomo Nara