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Lot ID: 12001
Mr.:   Untitled (yellow hair)
 
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Description
Artist: Mr.
Title: Untitled (yellow hair)
Style: Contemporary, Neo-Pop, Japanese POP; Urban Art
Medium: Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.), Watercolor, on paper
Year: 1996
Size: height - 11.81 in, width - 8.27 in, depth - 0 in cm
Markings: signed, "Mr." in English and again in Japanese On Verso.
Edition: UNIQUE
Estimate: from US$1,200 to US$1,800

Seller's Description:
Mr. apprenticed in Murakami's KaKai Kiki organization, where he developed his signature style of flat color fields and large-eyed young faces.

His work was included in "The Little Boy: the Art of Japan's Exploding Subculture" at the Japan Society in New York.
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      Description: Rippled Paper
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      Degree: Minor
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  • History & Provenance
    • Provenance:
      Lehmann Maupinn, New York, NY
      Private Collection, Denver, Colorado




  • Shipping Information
    • Shipping Carrier:
      FedEx, Pick-up
      Shipping Weight: 3 lbs
      Framing: Yes
      Item Location: California, USA
      Shipping Options:
      framed with plexiglass;
      {framed size: approx 36 x 26 cms}

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      Sales Tax: CA

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Sales Results for Comparable Work

  • Mr.
    Work, 2003
    pen on film
    11.0 in. x 9.4 in. / 28.0 cm. x 24.0 cm. Signed

    Estimate: US$1,290 - 2,580 Sold for US$1,290


    Shinwa Art Auction:
    Friday, November 28, 2008, (Lot 00404)
    Contemporary Art Auction

  • Mr.
    Untitled, 2002
    watercolor
    4.9 in. x 4.9 in. / 12.5 cm. x 12.5 cm. Signed

    Estimate: US$936 - 1,872 Sold for US$2,995


    The Market Auction, Inc:
    Thursday, June 12, 2008, (Lot 00024)
    Contemporary and Modern Art Auction

  • Mr.
    No milk today, 2003
    acrylic on resin
    10.1 in. x 10.4 in. / 25.7 cm. x 26.3 cm.

    Estimate: US$8,000 - 12,000 Sold for US$10,000


    Sotheby's New York:
    Wednesday, April 02, 2008, (Lot 00242)
    Contemporary Art

  • Mr.
    Untitled, 2002
    pen and acrylic
    4.8 in. x 5.0 in. / 12.3 cm. x 12.7 cm. Signed

    Estimate: US$2,028 - 3,041 Sold for US$1,393


    Christie's South Kensington:
    Thursday, December 13, 2007, (Lot 00004)
    Post War & Contemporary Art

  • Mr.
    Untitled, 2002
    pen and acrylic
    4.7 in. x 5.1 in. / 12.0 cm. x 13.0 cm. Signed

    Estimate: US$2,028 - 3,041 Sold for US$1,393


    Christie's South Kensington:
    Thursday, December 13, 2007, (Lot 00005)
    Post War & Contemporary Art

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Mr.
Work , 2003
Sold for US$1,290
Friday, November 28, 2008
Mr.
Untitled , 2002
Sold for US$2,995
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Mr.
No milk today , 2003
Sold for US$10,000
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Mr.
Untitled , 2002
Sold for US$1,393
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Mr.
Untitled , 2002
Sold for US$1,393
Thursday, December 13, 2007
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Biography & Links
Mr. Biography
1969
Born: Cupa, Japan
1996
Graduated from the Sokei Academy of Fine Art and Design, Japan
Selected Exhibitions
1996
Frone & Perrine '97, Shop 33, Tokyo, Japan
Pico Pico Show, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Japan
1997
Tokyo Sex, NAS, Tokyo, Japan
Hiropon Show, Shop 33, Tokyo, Japan
Hiropon Show, Iwaaya Z-side, Kyusyu, Japan
Hiropon Show, Galerie Manken, Kanazawa, Japan
Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1998
Ero Pop Tokyo, George`s, Los Angeles, CA
Ero Pop Christmas, NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
Mr., Painter of Alps, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Oh-Edo Kunoichi Ninpocho, Shop 33, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
1999
Attention Spam, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hiropon Show, PO+KU Art Revolution, Logos Gallery, Tokyo
Sampling , Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Hiropon Show, Parco Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Hiropon Show, Nadiff, Tokyo, Japan
2000
Super Flat, PARCO Gallery, Tokyo ; Nagoya, Japan
lo-fi/HIGH-TECH , Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL
L'Art dans le Mondo Pont Alexandre III, Les Muses de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
2001
Yokai Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, Des Moine ArtCenter, Des Moine, Iowa, Brooklyen Museum, New York, NY
Hiropon Show, White Cube Gallery, London, UK
Superflat, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Tampa Museum of Art, Tempa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
SUPER FLAT , MOCA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Henry Art Gallery, Art Museum of the University of Washington, Seattle
Nano Galerie, Paris, France
2002
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
Osaka Art Fair, Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
GEISAI Tokyo Tower Amusement Hall, Tokyo
Coloriage, Foundation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain, Paris, France
2003
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin at LFL Gallery, New York, NY
T-junction, a collaboration with Chiho Aoshima and Aya Takano for Issey Miyaké, by Naoki Takizawa at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Hope-The-Future is in Our hands, LAFORET Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
Mr.vs.Shintaro Miyake Exhibition, NADiff , Tokyo
Opening Exhibition, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
2004
Thank You For Your Hard Work, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin at LFL Gallery, New York, NY
Japanese Experience Inevitable, Museum der Moderne Salzbrug, Vienna, Austria
2005
Kaikai Kiki exhibition, Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
AniMate. , Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
AniMate., Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Corea
2006
Rising Sun, Melting Moon, Israel Museum Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Roppongi Hills Show, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan
10th Anniversary Collection, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
MOCA, Lyon, France (solo)
NIN-Stealth, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, FL (solo)
2007
Red Hot: Contemporary Asian Art Rising, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York (solo)
2008
Nobody Dies, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France (solo)
Nobody Dies, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY (solo)
2009
Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY (solo)
VRAOUM, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
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