We would like to introduce 4 pieces by Yoshitomo Nara, an artist who continues to fascinate art enthusiasts and collectors worldwide from CURIO private sales.
If you have any pieces interested, please get in touch with us.
｜’In the Floating World,’ A Modern Expression of Legacy Woodblock Prints From the Edo Period
LOT:20221109N01
Yoshitomo Nara [In the Floating World – Portfolio of 16]
We wanted to tell you we highly recommend ‘In the Floating World.’
Yositomo Nara created the work inspired by woodblock prints of star artists during the Edo period, such as Hokusai Katsushika, Hiroshige Utagawa, and Sharaku Toshusai, which is rare.
He produced this piece with modern day-to-day media using Xerox copies.
You can feel a relaxing atmosphere. It may be fun to find out the original work of each work.
This series, executed in 1999, is Nara’s first edition work.
CURIO offers a complete set, a portfolio of 16 items. It isn’t easy to collect one by one. Don’t miss this rare opportunity.
If you are thinking of obtaining one piece alone, we can introduce this one for now, inspired by “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” fromThirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai.
Please feel free to contact us for other items.
LOT:20230512N02
Yoshitomo Nara [Slash with a Knife, from ‘In the Floating World’]
The prints below inspired Nara to create this piece.
“The Great Wave off Kanagawa” from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai. The part dipicting the crest of a giant wave.
Please check below images and details for Nara’s 4 works.
Before all else,
LOT:20221109N01 Yoshitomo Nara [In the Floating World – Portfolio of 16]
LOT:20221109N01
Yoshitomo Nara [In the Floating World – Portfolio of 16]
Reworked woodcut, Fuji Xerox copy
Each signed, dated and numbered
Each edition 9 of 50
Each 41.5 x 29.5 cm
1999
Publisher: Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Provenance: The current owner acquired from Phillips Auction in April 2008
Catalogue Raisonné: YOSHITOMO NARA: THE COMPLETE WORKS, 1984-2010, BIJUTSU SHUPPAN SHA, Vol.1, p. 308-309, No. E-1999-001~016
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Delivery 4 to 6 weeks
Next, one item from the portfolio of 16.
LOT:20230512N02
Yoshitomo Nara [Slash with a Knife, from ‘In the Floating World’]
Reworked woodcut, Fuji Xerox copy
Signed by the artist, dated 1999, and numbered
Edition 32 of 50
41.5 x 29.5 cm
1999
Catalogue Raisonné: YOSHITOMO NARA: THE COMPLETE WORKS, 1984-2010, BIJUTSU SHUPPAN SHA, Vol.1, p. 308, No. E-1999-001
Provenance: 33 Auctiion, Singapore
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LOT:20191221M01
Yoshitomo Nara [Doggy Radio]
ABS+PcPLastic
Stereo with FMRadio
Number: 0499
23 x 43 x 35 cm (W×D×H), 6.1Kg
2011
Bluetooth wireless, USB, auxiliary sound input (iPhone, iPad, iPod, CD player)
This work is accompanied by its original box with key chain certificate, owner’s manual, USB and AUX cables and microfiber wiping cloth.
Received frequency: 76.00- 90.00 MHz
Power Input: AC 100-240V 50/60Hz
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Delivery 4 to 6 weeks
LOT:20191114M08
Yoshitomo Nara and Hiroshi Sugito [Untitled (Omaha)(Nara EC-2005-001)]
Lithograph on paper
Signed and dated on the bottom
Edition of 100
53.5 x 62.5cm/29.5 x 40.5 cm (sheet/image)
2005
Printer: Edition Copenhagen
Catalogue Raisonné: Nara EC-2005-001
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Delivery 4 to 6 weeks