Takashi Murakami The Artist's Agony and Ecstasy 2017 Offset Print with Foil, Signed, Edition of 300
Takashi Murakami The Artist's Agony and Ecstasy 2017 Offset Print with Foil, Signed, Edition of 300
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The Artist, Laughing and Weeping
Murakami draws himself as a cartoon, round glasses and a wisp of beard, and here that self-portrait repeats across a field of flowers in every state from hilarity to despair. The title says it plainly: making art is joy and torment at once. It is one of his most candid and funniest images.
Best for: Collectors wanting Murakami at his most personal and self-mocking
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New and unused; kept flat as a loose sheet and never framed.
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Takashi Murakami's The Artist's Agony and Ecstasy of 2017: a four-colour offset print with cold stamp foil and high gloss varnish on a 72 x 72 cm sheet, offered as signed, from an edition of 300.
The Piece
Murakami has long drawn himself as a cartoon: a round face, owlish glasses, blue hair and a little tuft of beard. In this print the self-portrait multiplies across a dense meadow of smiling flowers, and each version of the artist is in a different state. One roars with laughter, one gazes out blankly, one weeps, one has a star for an eye and a shock of spiky hair. A small speech bubble floats among them.
The title borrows a phrase long used for the lives of great artists, and Murakami applies it to himself with a wink.
Details
- Artist: Takashi Murakami
- Title: The Artist's Agony and Ecstasy
- Year: 2017
- Medium: Four-colour offset print with cold stamp foil and high gloss varnish
- Edition: 300
- Signature: Offered as signed
- Publisher: Kaikai Kiki
- Sheet: 72 x 72 cm (28.3 x 28.3 in)
- Frame: Unframed
Size as stated; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- New and unused; kept flat as a loose sheet, never framed or hung.
- No marks or creases are described.
Condition grade S (unused) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Offered as signed, from the Kaikai Kiki edition of 300; the signature is not yet photographed, and close photographs can be sent before you commit. Every piece carries the Japonista authenticity guarantee. Frame behind UV-filtering glazing and keep away from damp.
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Never rolled: the sheet travels flat in rigid original packing, boxed again. At this size the shipping charge is quoted and agreed with you before purchase. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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More of the artist in Takashi Murakami, Kaikai Kiki and Superflat, and the wider story in Collecting Takashi Murakami.
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