Yoshitomo Nara Banging the Drum Lithograph, Dallas Contemporary Edition of 1000, Framed
Yoshitomo Nara Banging the Drum Lithograph, Dallas Contemporary Edition of 1000, Framed
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A guide for this piece: about $1,686, based on the 10% US charge on the declared value of goods made in Japan.
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The Drum as Self-Portrait
Nara has said music made him; here a child turns that noise into a portrait. The ruled-paper ground keeps the image intimate even at almost 70 cm. It is a large, cheerful sheet that suits a living room as readily as a study.
Best for: Nara collectors and lovers of music in art
Condition notes
Described as kept framed since 2021 in a controlled room; no visible marks. Printed credit, not hand-signed.
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A girl with drumsticks raised over a red snare, on a ruled notebook page: Yoshitomo Nara at his most musical, framed to order in Japan.
The Piece
The child stands square to the viewer, wary-eyed, sticks flung up mid-beat, motion lines scattering like noise made visible. Faint blue rules recall a school exercise book.
The lower margin carries the printed credit Dallas Contemporary and a copyright line for Yoshitomo Nara, as the close photograph shows. The piece is offered as a lithograph from a run of 1,000, bought from the institution in 2021; the artist's name is printed rather than hand-written, and the sheet is not offered as hand-signed. A copy of the 2021 delivery notice, with personal details obscured, travels with the work as described.
It was framed to order in Japan in pale hardwood with a deep white mat.
Details
- Artist: Yoshitomo Nara
- Title: Banging the Drum
- Medium: Lithograph, as offered
- Edition: Described as an edition of 1,000
- Marking: Printed Dallas Contemporary credit, lower right
- Signature: Not hand-signed; printed credit only
- Sheet: About 68.5 x 43 cm (27.0 x 16.9 in)
- Frame: About 83.5 x 58 x 4 cm (32.9 x 22.8 x 1.6 in), hardwood, glazed
- Documentation: Copy of the 2021 delivery notice, as described
- Acquired: 2021, as described
Measured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 2 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- Described as kept framed since 2021, away from light and damp, in as-new order.
- No marks or fading are visible in the photographs.
Condition grade S (unused or as new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Edition and issue are the description's own claims, set out as offered. Hang away from direct sun and damp.
Delivery from Japan
At over 80 cm framed, it ships flat in a fitted crate. Framed works travel in their frame, never rolled: packed by hand in Japan in a rigid box, insured and tracked. The Desk weighs EMS, FedEx and air freight in turn, so the shipping charge is quoted and agreed with you before purchase.
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