MADSAKI Two Flags 2P 2018 Offset Print, Painted Stars and Stripes, Signed Edition of 300
MADSAKI Two Flags 2P 2018 Offset Print, Painted Stars and Stripes, Signed Edition of 300
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An Emblem Sketched Loose
MADSAKI paints the flag the way a hand remembers it, not the way a printer makes it. Doubled and cropped, the emblem turns into pattern and gesture.
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Described as new and unused, kept as a loose sheet and never framed. Not yet examined in hand.
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Two Flags 2P, a 2018 MADSAKI offset print on a sheet of 50 x 68.3 cm, from an edition of 300 and offered as signed.
The Piece
Two American flags fill the sheet, one stacked above the other, each painted rather than printed in spirit: the red stripes are dragged and broken, the white is scratched through with loose black line, and the stars sit in their blue cantons as quick white dabs. The upper flag runs off the top edge, the lower one off the bottom, so the image reads as a slice of a larger, endless field.
MADSAKI is a painter shown by Kaikai Kiki, the company founded by Takashi Murakami, and he often remakes famous images with a deliberately loose hand. Here the most familiar of national emblems becomes something closer to a sketch, affectionate and unruly at once. The page describes the sheet as bought from Kaikai Kiki, kept unframed and sent in its original packing.
Details
- Artist: MADSAKI
- Title: Two Flags 2P
- Year: 2018
- Medium: Four-colour offset print
- Edition: 300 (as stated)
- Signature: Offered as signed
- Sheet size: 50 x 68.3 cm (19.7 x 26.9 in)
- Format: Portrait
- Framing: Unframed loose sheet
- Publisher: Kaikai Kiki, as described
- Condition: Described as new and unused
Condition
- Described as new and unused, kept as a loose sheet and never framed.
- The Desk has not handled the sheet; the photograph is a catalogue image of the work.
Condition grade S (unused, as new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Offered as signed and from an edition of 300, as the page states; we present that claim as given and not as our own finding. Frame with acid-free mounts and UV-filtering glazing, out of direct sunlight.
Delivery from Japan
The sheet is shipped flat, never rolled, in its original rigid packing. Shipping is quoted and agreed with you before purchase, weighing EMS, then FedEx, then air cargo, all insured and tracked. 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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