Live Auction 2213810th Shanghai Auction Anniversary: 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale
YOSHITOMO NARA (B. 1959)
Lot 85

YOSHITOMO NARA (B. 1959)

Untitled

Closed23 September 2023

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CNY 2,520,000

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YOSHITOMO NARA (B. 1959)
Untitled
inscribed ‘I spend day time feeling Blue.’ (on the turning edge); signed with artist’s signature and dated ‘'96’, stamped ‘Y.N’ (on the reverse)
acrylic on cotton mounted on box
3.2 (H) x 7.4 x 9.5 cm. (1 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Painted in 1996

Collection of Dagmar Behr, Germany (Acquired directly from the artist in 1996)
Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo (Acquired from the above in 2022)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

“The work is playing within the space between the selfishness and sensitivity of childhood and an adult's awareness of being part of a difficult society. In that sense, the work is both an intimate picture of my past emotions and an open take on the contemporary world.”——Yoshitomo Nara