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Takashi  Murakami:   I am not me, I cannot become myself
 
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Description
Title: I am not me, I cannot become myself
Style: Contemporary (ca. 1945-present), Japanese
Medium: Prints, Lithograph
Year: 2007
Size: height - 28 in, width - 33 in, depth - 0 in
Markings: signed, Hand Signed & Numbered By Takashi Murakami In Ink, Lower Right
Edition: 68/300
Foundry/Publisher: Kaikai Kiki Co.
Estimate: from $2,500 to $3,500

Seller's Description:
Murakami is one of the most significant artists of the younger generation to emerge from Japan. He is considered to be the Japanese Andy Warhol. In synthesizing popular culture and traditional form, Murakami's work has pervaded both high and low culture. He designed a series of handbags for Louis Vuitton a few years ago, but his work has also seen very high prices in the contemporary auctions the past few years. A major retrospective of Murakami, organized and exhibited by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, toured to the Brooklyn Museum in 2008.

Artwork in pristine condition.
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      Framing: No
      Item Location: New York, USA
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      Sales Tax: NEW YORK
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Sales Results for Comparable Work

  • Takashi Murakami
    When robbed of four limbs, against all odds, the heart is set free, 2008
    offset lithograph
    32.8 in. x 27.5 in. / 83.2 cm. x 69.9 cm.
    Signed

    ed.ed.300

    Sold for US $2,500

    Phillips de Pury & Company New York:
    Saturday, October 25, 2008, (Lot 00045)
    Saturday @ Phillips

  • Takashi Murakami
    In the heart's eye, a universe, 2008
    offset lithograph
    32.8 in. x 27.6 in. / 83.2 cm. x 70.2 cm.
    Signed

    ed.ed.300

    Sold for US $2,750

    Phillips de Pury & Company New York:
    Saturday, October 25, 2008, (Lot 00048)
    Saturday @ Phillips

  • Takashi Murakami
    In the heart's eye, a universe (+ 2 others; 3 works), 2007
    offset color lithograph
    32.5 in. x 27.6 in. / 82.6 cm. x 70.2 cm.
    Signed

    ed.87/300

    Sold for US $6,875

    Christie's New York:
    Thursday, July 31, 2008, (Lot 00286)
    Prints & Multiples

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