{"product_id":"yoshitomo-nara-bloodthirsty-butchers-2007-promotional-poster-framed","title":"Yoshitomo Nara x Bloodthirsty Butchers 2007 Promotional B2 Poster, Not for Sale Issue, Framed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA girl with a plaster cross over one eye and a calm, level stare: Yoshitomo Nara's portrait for the 2007 album by the rock band bloodthirsty butchers, issued as a promotional B2 poster that was never sold, and kept framed ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNara has always painted to music, and his long association with bloodthirsty butchers and their frontman Hideki Yoshimura gave the band the cover of Don't Kill the Guitarist, released on 16 May 2007. The poster carries the painting at near life scale: soft brown hair, wide amber eyes, a pale ground warming to olive at the shoulders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelow the portrait it announces the album and the band's 2007 tour, with dates across Japan in June and July. Posters of this kind were printed for record shops and venues rather than for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959, Hirosaki)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e bloodthirsty butchers, Don't Kill the Guitarist, album promotion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2007\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e printed poster on paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e B2, issued not for sale, unnumbered\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e none stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72.8 x 51.5 cm (28.7 x 20.3 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrame:\u003c\/strong\u003e natural wood with white mount and glazing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDocumentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e none stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAny measurement the Desk provides is taken by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShowing light marks and signs of age, as expected of a poster kept for eighteen years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotographed indoors, so colour may differ slightly on screen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery photograph is part of the description.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eB (very good, light signs of age)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA genuine 2007 promotional issue and offered on that basis. Posters are printed matter, not editions. Keep it from direct sun to protect the inks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFramed works travel in their frame in a rigid box, never rolled. The Desk compares EMS, FedEx and air cargo, and the shipping charge is quoted and agreed with you before purchase. 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 \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. See the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/yoshitomo-nara\"\u003eYoshitomo Nara\u003c\/a\u003e room and our essay \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/yoshitomo-nara-life-work-collectors\"\u003eYoshitomo Nara, his life and work for collectors\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eConcierge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSearching for another Nara record sleeve or concert poster? 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