Live Auction 18977Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)
Lot 168

Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)

The Girl with the Knife in Her Side

Closed7 October 2020

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USD 250,000

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Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)
The Girl with the Knife in Her Side
signed in Japanese and dated ''93' (on the figure's leg)
acrylic, urethane, plastic, fabric, copper, glue and metal staples on painted metal base
overall: 14 x 8 x 8 in. (35.6 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1993. This work is unique.

Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
Private collection, Europe
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 May 2011, lot 345
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note


Look at them, they are so small, like toys. Do you think they could fight with those? I don’t think so. Rather, I kind of see the children among other, bigger, bad people all around them, who are holding bigger knives.
—Yoshitomo Nara