Takashi Murakami I Look Back and There, My Beautiful Memories 2018 Signed Offset Print, Edition of 300
Takashi Murakami I Look Back and There, My Beautiful Memories 2018 Signed Offset Print, Edition of 300
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A Field Remembered
Murakami turns his flowers into a memory: dense, bright, a little too much to take in at once. The title asks us to read the cheer as something looked back on.
Best for: Collectors who want an all-over Murakami flower field in a tall, frame-ready format
Condition notes
Described as new and unused, kept as a loose sheet and never framed. Not yet examined in hand.
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I Look Back and There, My Beautiful Memories, a 2018 Takashi Murakami offset print with silver on a tall sheet of 53 x 73.8 cm, from an edition of 300 and offered as signed.
The Piece
Murakami's smiling flowers fill the whole sheet here, packed so tightly that no ground shows. Pink, yellow, sky blue, violet, white and green blooms jostle at every scale, from a handful of large faces near the top to tiny ones crowding the edges, and every one of them laughs. A few darker flowers with black petals sit among them like punctuation.
The title gives the image a gentler, almost nostalgic reading: the flower field as a memory seen from a distance, bright and slightly overwhelming. The added silver ink catches the light across the petals in a way a screen cannot show. The page describes the sheet as bought from Kaikai Kiki and kept unframed, to be sent in the packing in which it arrived.
Details
- Artist: Takashi Murakami
- Title: I Look Back and There, My Beautiful Memories
- Year: 2018
- Medium: Offset print with an added silver ink
- Edition: 300 (as stated)
- Signature: Offered as signed
- Sheet size: 53 x 73.8 cm (20.9 x 29.1 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 rather than as our own finding. Frame with acid-free mounts and UV-filtering glazing, away from direct sunlight and damp.
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.
Considered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. See more from Takashi Murakami and Kaikai Kiki, or read our guide to collecting Murakami.
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