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TAKASHI MURAKAMI (B. 1962)

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09.03.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 15 | TAKASHI MURAKAMI (B. 1962)
TAKASHI MURAKAMI (B. 1962)

The Castle of Tin Tin

diptych—acrylic on canvas mounted on panel

118 x 118 in. (299.7 x 299.7 cm.)

Painted in 1998.





Provenance

Blum & Poe, Los Angeles

Private collection

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 November 2012, lot 43

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

T. Murakami, DOBSF: DOB in the Strange Forest, Tokyo, 1999, n.p., no. 27 (illustrated).

J. Saltz, "Imitation Warhol," The Village Voice, 26 August 1999 (illustrated).

Brutus, September 2001, p. 42 (illustrated).

"The Cultural Divide: April," Vanity Fair, April 2008, p. 108 (illustrated).

E. Nakamura, "Pop Life: Transculturalist," Giant Robot Magazine, Issue 45, January 2011, p. 43 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Annandale-on-Hudson, Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Takashi Murakami: The Meaning of the Nonsense of Meaning, June-September 1999, pp. 28, 38, 39 and 76, pl. 39 (illustrated).

Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Painting at the Edge of the World, February-May 2001.

Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art, Takashi Murakami: summon monsters? open the door? heal? or die?, August-November 2001, n.p., no. 39 (illustrated).

Los Angeles, The Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst and Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum, © Murakami, October 2007-May 2009, n.p. (illustrated).
Artist:Takashi Murakami (1962)
Art style:Contemporary art
Place of origin:Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia
Auction house category:Paintings
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