LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic on canvas mounted on board, in three parts

Size Notes:

overall

Exhibited:

Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art, Takashi Murakami: summon monsters? open doors? heal? or die?, August-November 2001, pp. 63-66 (illustrated in color and work in progress illustrated in color). Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain; London, Serpentine Gallery, Takashi Murakami, KaiKai KiKi, June 2002-January 2003, pp. 7-11, 92-97 and 108 (illustrated in color; work in progress and installation views illustrated in color). Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Brooklyn Museum; Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, ©Murakami, October 2007-May 2009, n.p. and p. 303 (illustrated in color). Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Vancouver Art Gallery; Fort Worth, Museum of Modern Art, Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, June 2017-September 2018, pp. 27-28, 144, 152, 154-7, 240 and 270 (illustrated in color).

Literature:

The Japanese Experience - Inevitable, exh. cat., Salzburg, Museum der Moderne Rupertinum, June-July 2002, pp. 70-71 (illustrated in color). C. Knight, “Hello, Creepy Cutie,” Los Angeles Times, 29 October 2007, p. E1 (illustrated in color). Y. Yamaguchi, Warriors of Art: A Guide to Contemporary Japanese Artists, Tokyo, 2007, pp. 102-103 (illustrated in color). R. Lacayo, "More on Murakami," Time, 10 January 2008 (illustrated). R. Smith, “Art With Baggage in Tow” The New York Times, 4 April 2008, p. E27. L. Fichner-Rathus, Understanding Art, Boston, 2013, p. 538 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2001