LOT DETAILS

Materials:

lacquer paint on fiberglass, resin and wood

Measurements:

20.00 in. (50.80 cm.) (height) by 17.99 in. (45.70 cm.) (width) by 10.47 in. (26.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Japanese and dated 'Yoshitomo Nara '97' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Santa Monica, Blum & Poe, Yoshitomo Nara, May-June 1997. Santa Monica Museum of Art, Lullaby Supermarket, March-May 2000. Overland Park, The Gallery at Village Shalom, Kansas City Jewish Museum, Tokyo Pop, November 2001-January 2002. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland; Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania; San Jose Museum of Art; Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; Honolulu, The Contemporary Museum, Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens, September 2003-May 2005, p. 23 (illustrated on inside front cover).

Literature:

D. Pagel, "Prizing an Animated Approach to Life", The Los Angeles Times, 23 May 1997, p. F22 (illustrated). M. Darling, "Yoshitomo Nara", Frieze, September/October 1997, p. 85. D. Pagel, "'Lullaby': Just the Right Cup of Tea", The Los Angeles Times, 10 April 2000, p. F1 and F10 (illustrated). D. Kane, "Yoshitomo Nara: Japanese Art Hero at Cleveland Museum", The Repository, September 2003, p.12 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Blum & Poe, Los Angeles. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1997.