{"product_id":"yoshitomo-nara-tomio-koyama-gallery-telemag-tv-viewer-signed-1997","title":"Yoshitomo Nara Tomio Koyama Gallery Telemag Television Viewer, Signed and Dated 97, Early Version","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA pocket television in turquoise plastic that shows, frame by frame, eleven of Yoshitomo Nara's paintings from the 1990s, made for Tomio Koyama Gallery and offered as signed by the artist and dated '97 on its base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePress the lever on its side and the screen clicks through a title card and Nara's girls and dogs of the period: an orange dress, a lit fuse, a sleeping face, a white dog, a child on a swing. The title card names the works, among them Nice to see you again, Hothouse Doll, Rain Rain Go Away, Pan Cake Kamikaze and Yellow in Blue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front carries YOSHITOMO NARA and TOMIO KOYAMA GALLERY, the Tokyo gallery that championed him. The shell is a Telemag viewer, moulded by Pamer of Nuremberg, and its base bears a signature in blue marker with the date '97. It is described as an early version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959, Hirosaki)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e untitled, Tomio Koyama Gallery television viewer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e dated '97 on the base\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e plastic Telemag viewer with a reel of photographic images\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaker of the viewer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pamer, Nuremberg, Germany (moulded on the back)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e offered as hand-signed in blue marker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e being confirmed against our archive records; please write to the Desk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDocumentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e none stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAny measurement the Desk provides is taken by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe shell is bright, with light residue along the seams of the back panel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery image on the reel shows clearly through the lens.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery photograph is part of the description.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eB (very good, light signs of age)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/de\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe signature is described as the artist's own and offered on that basis. No certificate is stated. Keep it out of direct sun, which fades plastic and film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWrapped and boxed by hand in Japan and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. 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 \u003ca href=\"\/de\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. See the full \u003ca href=\"\/de\/collections\/yoshitomo-nara\"\u003eYoshitomo Nara\u003c\/a\u003e room and our essay \u003ca href=\"\/de\/blogs\/news\/yoshitomo-nara-life-work-collectors\"\u003eYoshitomo Nara, his life and work for collectors\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eConcierge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSearching for early Nara gallery multiples or objects? 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