Takashi Murakami Korin Courtly Elegance 2020 Offset Print with Foil, Signed Edition of 300
Takashi Murakami Korin Courtly Elegance 2020 Offset Print with Foil, Signed Edition of 300
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Superflat Meets Rinpa
Murakami pays court to Ogata Korin, borrowing his flowing water and gold grounds and filling them with his own grinning flowers. It is a short history of Japanese decoration told in one sheet.
Best for: Collectors who love the link between Edo screens and Superflat
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Described as new and unused, never framed, kept flat in its original packaging.
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Smiling chrysanthemums bloom on tall stems above swirling water and a ground of gold and black: Korin: Courtly Elegance, Takashi Murakami's 2020 homage to the Rinpa master Ogata Korin, printed in offset with cold stamp and high gloss varnish in an edition of 300.
The Piece
Murakami has long claimed the decorative painters of Edo Japan as ancestors of Superflat, and here he speaks to Korin directly. The flowing linework of the water recalls Korin's famous wave patterns, while the flowers carry Murakami's own faces, eyes wide and mouths open in a grin. Bands of metallic gold, pools of halftone dots and flat fields of black and red layer the surface the way gold leaf and pigment layer a folding screen.
The print combines four-colour offset with a cold stamp metallic layer and high gloss varnish, so the surface shifts between matte and shine as the light moves. It is offered as signed, as the description states, with the edition given as 300. The sheet is described as acquired new from Kaikai Kiki and kept unframed in its original packaging, and it will be sent in that packaging.
Details
- Artist: Takashi Murakami
- Title: Korin: Courtly Elegance
- Year: 2020
- Medium: Offset print with cold stamp and high gloss varnish
- Edition: 300, as described
- Signature: Offered as signed
- Sheet: 72 x 76.3 cm (28.3 x 30 in)
- Frame: Unframed sheet
- Condition: Unused, kept in its original packaging
Condition
- Described as new and unused, never framed.
- Kept flat as a sheet in the packaging it was issued in.
Condition grade S (unused, as new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Signature and edition are given as the description states them. Frame behind UV-filtering glazing with acid-free mounts, and hang away from sun and damp.
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The sheet travels flat, never rolled, between rigid boards in a box packed by hand in Japan, 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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