Yoshitomo Nara Cosmic Girl Eyes Open and Closed, 2008 BALTIC Offset Print Pair, Edition of 500, Framed
Yoshitomo Nara Cosmic Girl Eyes Open and Closed, 2008 BALTIC Offset Print Pair, Edition of 500, Framed
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Awake and Dreaming
Nara's Cosmic Girl is one of his most serene faces, and the closed-eye version turns the gaze inward. Hung together the two sheets become a small diptych about seeing and dreaming. Complete pairs from the BALTIC exhibition are seldom offered.
Best for: Nara collectors seeking a matched exhibition pair
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Slight storage wear at sheet edges. Frames previously opened; Eyes Open adhered to backing board, Eyes Closed mounted separately.
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Yoshitomo Nara's Cosmic Girl twice over, eyes wide open and eyes gently closed: a framed pair of offset prints from his exhibition at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art.
The Piece
Cosmic Girl belongs to the large, luminous portraits Nara painted in 2008, when his girls grew calmer and more inward. Against a soft lavender ground she looks straight out, chestnut hair to her shoulders, a round white collar over an olive dress, a single thin line of red for a mouth. One sheet shows her awake and watchful; the other shows the same face with the eyes closed, as if she had stepped inside a thought.
The images were issued for Nara's 2008 exhibition at BALTIC in Gateshead, and each sheet carries a printed credit in the lower margin naming the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery and BALTIC. They are offered as an edition of 500, and complete pairs are seldom seen together.
Details
- Artist: Yoshitomo Nara
- Title: Cosmic Girl (Eyes Open) and Cosmic Girl (Eyes Closed)
- Year: 2008, made for the BALTIC exhibition, as described
- Medium: Offset print, two sheets
- Edition: Offered as an edition of 500
- Signature: Unsigned; printed credit in the lower margin
- Sheet size: 52 x 72 cm (20.5 x 28.3 in) each
- Frame: Natural wood frame, 54.5 x 74 cm (21.5 x 29.1 in) each
- Documentation: None stated
- Condition: Very Good; see below
Measurements are as described and taken by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in).
Condition
- Very slight storage wear at the sheet edges; no prominent damage to either image.
- Both frames show signs of having been opened from the back by a previous owner.
- Eyes Open is adhered directly to the frame's backing board; Eyes Closed is mounted to an underlying board but sits separate from the backing board.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (very good, light wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
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Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch. Hang away from direct sun and damp; a conservation framer can advise on archival remounting.
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