Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
Flower Matango (A)
Auction Closed
May 14, 09:30 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Takashi Murakami
b. 1962
FLOWER MATANGO (A)
oil, acrylic, fiberglass and iron
216 ½ by 118 ⅛ by 98 ½ in.
550 by 300 by 250 cm.
Executed in 2001-2006, this work is a unique variant.
Galerie Perrotin, Paris
Private Collection
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 2016)
Sotheby's New York, 29 June 2020, lot 127 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art (and traveling), © Murakami, 2007, pp. 254 - 255, illustrated in color (Flower Matango (B)), pp. 256-257, illustrated in color, and p. 303
Exh. Cat., Château de Versailles, Murakami Versailles, 2010, pp. 100-111, illustrated in color, and pp. 202-203, illustrated in color(Flower Matango (C))
Exh. Cat., Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art (and traveling), Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, 2017, p. 28, illustrated in color (Flower Matango (B))
Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain and London, Serpentine Gallery, Takashi Murakami: Kaikai Kiki, June 2002 - January 2003
Derbyshire, Chatsworth House, Beyond Limits: Sotheby's at Chatsworth, September - October 2011
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