Celebratory Bubbles with Murakami

Published on 09 December 2021, by Claire Papon

Auction on 14 December 2021 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 5-6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Takashi Murakami is an important contemporary artist, but his works are rare on the French auction scene.

Takashi Murakami (b. 1962), An Homage to Monogold, 1960 A, 2012, acrylic and gold... Celebratory Bubbles with Murakami

Takashi Murakami (b. 1962), An Homage to Monogold, 1960 A, 2012, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 78.5 x 56 cm/31 x 22 in.
Estimate: €150,000/200,000
© Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved

Let's savor our delight—even if this acrylic bought from the Perrotin Gallery by a Swiss collector faced a baptism by fire with Sotheby's on June 6, 2017, in Paris, when it landed €241,500. His visual imagination inspired by contemporary popular culture, the kawaii ("cute") aesthetic and manga references have…

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