Yoshitomo Nara Can't Wait 'til the Night Comes 2012 Exhibition Poster, Yokohama Museum of Art, Offset Print
Yoshitomo Nara Can't Wait 'til the Night Comes 2012 Exhibition Poster, Yokohama Museum of Art, Offset Print
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A Knowing Look from Yokohama
The girl on this sheet is one of the gentler, more ambiguous faces of Nara’s post-2011 work, half smiling and half watchful. The orange type gives the design real punch on a wall. It is the opening image of the tour.
Best for: Nara collectors and first-time buyers of museum exhibition posters
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Described as new, opened once to check contents. Single straight-on photograph; corners and edges to be confirmed on request.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 13 November 2026
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Can't Wait 'til the Night Comes, Yoshitomo Nara’s sly, sideways-glancing girl of 2012, on the poster for his survey at the Yokohama Museum of Art.
The Piece
She looks out with one green eye and one red, her mouth curled into the slightest knowing smile, a fringe of chestnut hair falling across her brow. Her ochre dress is brushed in loose, glowing strokes. Bold orange lettering, NARA Yoshitomo: a bit like you and me..., runs down the left side, with the dates and museum along the foot.
The exhibition opened at the Yokohama Museum of Art from 14 July to 23 September 2012 before travelling on to Aomori and Hokkaido. The new paintings in it, this girl among them, are quieter and more inward than the defiant children of the 1990s; in B2 the sheet pairs with the Aomori poster.
Details
- Artist: Yoshitomo Nara
- Title: Can't Wait 'til the Night Comes
- Year: 2012
- Exhibition: a bit like you and me..., Yokohama Museum of Art, 14 July to 23 September 2012
- Medium: Offset lithograph on paper
- Edition: Open, unnumbered
- Signature: Unsigned
- Sheet size: 51.5 x 72.8 cm (20.3 x 28.7 in), B2 format
- Frame: Unframed
- Condition: Described as new
Sheet size as stated; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in).
Condition
- Described as new; the wrap was opened once only to check the contents.
- No creases or tears are mentioned; ask the Desk for close photographs of the corners.
Condition grade S (unused) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Offered as an official printing for the exhibition named on the sheet; it is a printed poster, not a signed print. Keep it flat, away from direct sun, and frame it behind UV-filtering glazing.
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