Takashi Murakami Festival Flower Decoration 2018 Signed Round Offset Print, Edition 300
Takashi Murakami Festival Flower Decoration 2018 Signed Round Offset Print, Edition 300
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A Festival Ball in Bloom
Murakami turns the paper flower balls of Japanese summer festivals into a globe of laughing blooms, printed on a round sheet. Silver and gloss varnish make the petals shine. It hangs well in a small space.
Best for: Collectors wanting a compact signed Murakami flower work
Condition notes
New and unused; kept flat as an unframed sheet.
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A sphere of Takashi Murakami's smiling flowers, printed on a circular sheet 46 cm across: Festival Flower Decoration, 2018, an offset print with silver and high gloss varnish offered as signed and numbered from an edition of 300. Unframed and unused.
The Piece
The title points to the paper flower balls hung over streets and shrines at Japanese summer festivals. Murakami renders one as a globe of his trademark blooms, white, cobalt, crimson, lilac and butter yellow, each face laughing, the petals bending around the curve so the ball seems to turn towards you.
Printing it on a round sheet rather than a square one makes the work an object as much as an image. The added silver and gloss varnish catch the light across the petals, and the circle sits beautifully in a round frame or floated in a square one.
Details
- Artist: Takashi Murakami
- Title: Festival Flower Decoration
- Year: 2018
- Medium: Offset print with silver and high gloss varnish
- Edition: 300 (as stated)
- Signature: Offered as hand-signed and numbered
- Sheet size: Round, 46 cm (18.1 in) in diameter
- Frame: Unframed sheet
- Publisher: Kaikai Kiki (as stated)
Size as stated; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in).
Condition
- New and unused; kept flat as a sheet and never framed, in the packing in which it was first delivered.
- The photograph is a reference image of the edition; 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, by EMS or FedEx with tracking. 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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