Takashi Murakami Kaikai and Kiki PVC Figures, Blue Eye Version, Tonari no Zingaro Edition 2019, Pair, Unopened
Takashi Murakami Kaikai and Kiki PVC Figures, Blue Eye Version, Tonari no Zingaro Edition 2019, Pair, Unopened
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The Guardians, in Three Dimensions
Kaikai and Kiki, the two spirits who give Murakami's studio its name, step off the canvas here as a pair of glossy figures: Kaikai white and long-eared, Kiki pink with a single fang. The Blue Eye version gives both a clear, startled gaze. Together they are a small, joyful emblem of the whole Murakami world.
Best for: Murakami collectors wanting the studio's two mascots as a matched pair
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New and unopened, as described; stored since purchase.
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Takashi Murakami's Kaikai and Kiki PVC figures, Blue Eye version, from the Tonari no Zingaro Edition of 2019: the pair, each in its own box, unopened.
The Piece
Kaikai and Kiki are the two guardian spirits who give Murakami's studio its name, and they appear throughout his paintings, prints and sculpture. Here they stand as glossy PVC figures. Kaikai is white, with tall rabbit ears and a wide red smile; Kiki is pink, with round ears, a single fang and a mischievous grin. In this Blue Eye version both look out with clear blue eyes.
Each comes in its own printed box, white for Kaikai and pink for Kiki, illustrated with the character and lettered with its name. The soles of the figures carry moulded marks. Tonari no Zingaro is the Murakami cafe and gallery in Tokyo through which this edition was released.
The photographs show the figures out of their boxes; this pair is still unopened.
Details
- Artist: Takashi Murakami
- Title: Kaikai and Kiki PVC Figure (Blue Eye Version), Tonari no Zingaro Edition
- Year: 2019
- Medium: PVC
- Edition: Stated as 346
- Quantity: Two figures, each boxed
- Kaikai: 14.2 x 8.6 x 23.9 cm (5.6 x 3.4 x 9.4 in)
- Kiki: 14.8 x 9.6 x 20 cm (5.8 x 3.8 x 7.9 in)
Sizes are approximate; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.5 in).
Condition
- New and unopened; stored since purchase.
- Boxes clean in the photographs.
Condition grade S (unused) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
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