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Lot ID: 11789
Yasumasa  Morimura:   Ambiguous Beauty/Aimai-no-bi
 
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End Time
July 09, 2009
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Description
Title: Ambiguous Beauty/Aimai-no-bi
Style: Contemporary
Medium: Prints, Mixed Media, Multiples: Paper fan
Year: 1995
Print/Casting Year: 1995
Size: height - 11.5 in, width - 19.6 in, depth - 0 in cm
Markings: signed, Signed.
Edition: 0f 5000
Estimate: from US$700 to US$900

Seller's Description:
Yasumasa Morimura is a Japanese appropriation artist, similar to Cindy Sherman in his dress up as famous historical figures, from Marilyn Monroe to Frida Kahlo, he also plays with gender roles. In this provacative work,
the nude female body adorns this folding fan, combining tradition with a new, unique, and provocative style.
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      Shipping Weight: 3 lbs
      Framing: No
      Item Location: Alabama, USA
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Sales Results for Comparable Work

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    Mon pied gauche, 1999
    bronze
    10.4 in. x 4.1 in. / 26.5 cm. x 10.5 cm. Stamped

    ed.ed.100

    Estimate: US$1,851 - 2,776 Sold for US$1,481


    The Market Auction, Inc:
    Thursday, February 21, 2008, (Lot 00041)
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  • Yasumasa Morimura
    Utan titel, 2002
    sculpture
    13.2 in. x 12.4 in. / 33.5 cm. x 31.5 cm. Signed

    ed.2/20

    Estimate: US$1,575 - 1,890 Sold for US$1,575


    Bukowskis Stockholm:
    Wednesday, October 31, 2007, (Lot 00591)
    Modern Autumn Sale

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Biography & Links
Yasumasa Morimura Biography
1978
 Graduated from Kyoto City University of Art
Selected Exhibitions
1992
 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1993
 Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jouy-en-Josas, France
1994
 Hara Art Museum, Hara, Japan
1996
 Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
2007
 On Self-Portrait, Through The Looking-Glass, Galerie Alex Daniels - Reflex Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
 Les Caprices de Goya, with Rona Pondick, Palais de Beaux Arts de Lille, France, April 24 - July 28
2008
 Requiem for the 20th Century: Twilight of the Turbulent Gods, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
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