{"product_id":"yoshitomo-nara-cosmic-girl-eyes-open-closed-baltic-offset-print-pair-framed","title":"Yoshitomo Nara Cosmic Girl Eyes Open and Closed, 2008 BALTIC Offset Print Pair, Edition of 500, Framed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eYoshitomo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCosmic 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cosmic Girl (Eyes Open) and Cosmic Girl (Eyes Closed)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2008, made for the BALTIC exhibition, as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Offset print, two sheets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Offered as an edition of 500\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unsigned; printed credit in the lower margin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 52 x 72 cm (20.5 x 28.3 in) each\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrame:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural wood frame, 54.5 x 74 cm (21.5 x 29.1 in) each\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDocumentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e None stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good; see below\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasurements are as described and 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\u003eVery slight storage wear at the sheet edges; no prominent damage to either image.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoth frames show signs of having been opened from the back by a previous owner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEyes 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.\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 wear)\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\u003eChecked and photographed in Japan before dispatch. 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