Takashi Murakami Flowers on the Island Closest to Heaven 2018 Silkscreen, Edition of 100, Hand-Signed
Takashi Murakami Flowers on the Island Closest to Heaven 2018 Silkscreen, Edition of 100, Hand-Signed
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A field with no ground left showing
Murakami's smiling flowers crowd every inch of the image, each face a little different from its neighbour. Silkscreen lays each colour down flat and bright, so the field reads clearly from across a room. It is the motif most closely tied to his name, in a signed edition of 100.
Best for: A first signed Murakami, or a bright wall in a calm room
Condition notes
New and unused; kept flat and unframed since acquired.
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Flowers on the Island Closest to Heaven, a silkscreen of 2018 by Takashi Murakami, offered as hand-signed and numbered from an edition of 100. Kept flat, unframed, as a sheet ever since; unused.
The Piece
Murakami's smiling flowers are the signature of his Superflat world: twelve petals, a round face, a wide open mouth, repeated until they become a field. In this composition they fill the image to every edge with no ground left showing, a crowd of blossoms in crimson, cobalt, sky blue, lemon, violet, pink and white, each face a little different.
The title borrows a phrase long used for a remote island paradise, and the print reads like a meadow in that light: dense and cheerful, yet balanced so the large white and blue flowers anchor the eye.
Silkscreen lays each colour down as its own flat, saturated layer, which gives Murakami's editions their crisp edges. The image sits within a narrow white margin and suits a frame of modest size.
Details
- Artist: Takashi Murakami
- Title: Flowers on the Island Closest to Heaven
- Year: 2018
- Medium: Silkscreen
- Edition: 100
- Signature: Hand-signed and numbered
- Image size: 42.5 x 34.2 cm (16.7 x 13.5 in)
- Sheet size: 51.8 x 42.2 cm (20.4 x 16.6 in)
- Frame: Unframed
- Origin: Japan
Sizes are approximate; 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.
- It will travel in the packaging in which it was first delivered.
Condition grade S (unused) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Hand-signed and numbered from the edition of 100. Frame behind UV-filtering glazing and keep away from damp.
Delivery from Japan
The print travels flat between rigid boards, never rolled, packed 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 published policy.
Considered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. More of the artist in Takashi Murakami, Kaikai Kiki and Superflat, and the wider story in Collecting Takashi Murakami.
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