Takashi Murakami Korpokkur in the Forest 2020 Signed Offset Print with Silver, Edition 300
Takashi Murakami Korpokkur in the Forest 2020 Signed Offset Print with Silver, Edition 300
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A Forest Floor in Full Bloom
Murakami names the work after the korpokkur, the little people of Ainu folklore who hide beneath the leaves, then fills the forest with a single swelling orb of smiling flowers. Silver and gloss varnish lift the surface. At over 90 cm across it is a statement piece rather than a cabinet print.
Best for: Collectors wanting a large signed Murakami flower work
Condition notes
New and unused; kept flat as an unframed sheet.
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A great orb of Takashi Murakami's smiling flowers swells across a pale green forest ground: Korpokkur in the Forest, 2020, offered as hand-signed and numbered from an edition of 300. Unframed and unused, on a 92 cm sheet.
The Piece
The title calls up the korpokkur, the small folk of Ainu legend said to live beneath the leaves of the butterbur plant. Murakami gives them no figures at all. Instead the forest floor becomes a gridded, softly pixelated green, crossed by drifting tendrils and, at the left edge, columns of brushed calligraphy that belong to the composition.
At the centre the flowers press together into one dense sphere, each face grinning, the petals in candy pink, cobalt, butter yellow, lilac and near black. The print layers four process colours with an additional silver and a high gloss varnish, so the surface catches the light and the orb seems to sit slightly forward of its ground.
Details
- Artist: Takashi Murakami
- Title: Korpokkur in the Forest
- Year: 2020
- Medium: Offset print in four colours with additional silver and high gloss varnish
- Edition: 300 (as stated)
- Signature: Offered as hand-signed and numbered
- Sheet size: 92 x 76.6 cm (36.2 x 30.2 in)
- Frame: Unframed sheet
- Publisher: Kaikai Kiki (as stated)
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 sheet and never framed.
- Travels in the packing in which it was first delivered, as the previous owner describes.
- The photograph shows the full image; every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade S (unused) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
The edition, the signature and the Kaikai Kiki origin are as the previous owner states them.
Frame behind UV-filtering glazing, out of direct sun, and keep away from damp.
Delivery from Japan
The sheet travels flat between rigid boards, never rolled. At this size we compare EMS, FedEx and air cargo, so the shipping cost 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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