Yoshitomo Nara x Bloodthirsty Butchers 2007 Promotional B2 Poster, Not for Sale Issue, Framed
Yoshitomo Nara x Bloodthirsty Butchers 2007 Promotional B2 Poster, Not for Sale Issue, Framed
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A Portrait Made for the Stage
Nara's ties to the Japanese rock scene run deep, and this portrait fronted a 2007 album by bloodthirsty butchers. The plaster cross and steady gaze hold the mix of hurt and defiance his girls are loved for. Printed for shops, never for sale.
Best for: Nara collectors and lovers of Japanese rock
Condition notes
Described with light marks and signs of age for an eighteen-year-old poster. Kept framed.
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A girl with a plaster cross over one eye and a calm, level stare: Yoshitomo Nara's portrait for the 2007 album by the rock band bloodthirsty butchers, issued as a promotional B2 poster that was never sold, and kept framed ever since.
The Piece
Nara has always painted to music, and his long association with bloodthirsty butchers and their frontman Hideki Yoshimura gave the band the cover of Don't Kill the Guitarist, released on 16 May 2007. The poster carries the painting at near life scale: soft brown hair, wide amber eyes, a pale ground warming to olive at the shoulders.
Below the portrait it announces the album and the band's 2007 tour, with dates across Japan in June and July. Posters of this kind were printed for record shops and venues rather than for sale.
Details
- Artist: Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959, Hirosaki)
- Title: bloodthirsty butchers, Don't Kill the Guitarist, album promotion
- Year: 2007
- Medium: printed poster on paper
- Format: B2, issued not for sale, unnumbered
- Signature: none stated
- Sheet size: 72.8 x 51.5 cm (28.7 x 20.3 in)
- Frame: natural wood with white mount and glazing
- Documentation: none stated
Any measurement the Desk provides is taken by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in).
Condition
- Showing light marks and signs of age, as expected of a poster kept for eighteen years.
- Photographed indoors, so colour may differ slightly on screen.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (very good, light signs of age) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
A genuine 2007 promotional issue and offered on that basis. Posters are printed matter, not editions. Keep it from direct sun to protect the inks.
Delivery from Japan
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