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In the Floating World
Details
Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)
In the Floating World
(from left to right)
(i) dated ‘’99’ (lower left); signed in Japanese and numbered ‘21/50’ (lower right)
(ii-iii) signed in Japanese and numbered ‘21/50’ (lower left); dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(iv) titled twice ‘No Fun’ (centre left); signed in Japanese and numbered ‘21/50’ (lower left); dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(v) titled ‘FULL MOON’ (lower left); signed in Japanese, numbered and dated ‘ 21/50 ‘99’ (lower right)
(vi) signed in Japanese, numbered and dated ‘ 21/50 ‘99’ (lower left)
(vii) numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(iix) titled ‘Fuck ‘bout everything’ (lower centre); numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(ix) signed in Japanese, numbered and dated ‘ 21/50 ‘99’ (lower right)
(x) titled ‘What’s going on?’ (upper left); signed in Japanese, numbered and dated ‘ 21/50 ‘99’ (lower right)
(xi) numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(xii) signed in Japanese and numbered ‘21/50’ (lower left); dated ‘99’ (lower right)
(xiii) titled ‘No Nukes’ (upper right); numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(xiv) titled ‘PUNK’ (upper left); numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(xv) dated ‘’99’ (lower left); signed in Japanese, titled and numbered ‘slash with a knife 21/50’ (lower right)
(xvi) numbered ‘21/50’ (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
reworked woodcut and colour xerox on paper, in sixteen parts
each: 16 3/8 x 11 ¼in. (41.3 x 28.5cm.)
Executed in 1999, this works is number twenty-one from an edition of fifty
In the Floating World
(from left to right)
(i) dated ‘’99’ (lower left); signed in Japanese and numbered ‘21/50’ (lower right)
(ii-iii) signed in Japanese and numbered ‘21/50’ (lower left); dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(iv) titled twice ‘No Fun’ (centre left); signed in Japanese and numbered ‘21/50’ (lower left); dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(v) titled ‘FULL MOON’ (lower left); signed in Japanese, numbered and dated ‘ 21/50 ‘99’ (lower right)
(vi) signed in Japanese, numbered and dated ‘ 21/50 ‘99’ (lower left)
(vii) numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(iix) titled ‘Fuck ‘bout everything’ (lower centre); numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(ix) signed in Japanese, numbered and dated ‘ 21/50 ‘99’ (lower right)
(x) titled ‘What’s going on?’ (upper left); signed in Japanese, numbered and dated ‘ 21/50 ‘99’ (lower right)
(xi) numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(xii) signed in Japanese and numbered ‘21/50’ (lower left); dated ‘99’ (lower right)
(xiii) titled ‘No Nukes’ (upper right); numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(xiv) titled ‘PUNK’ (upper left); numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
(xv) dated ‘’99’ (lower left); signed in Japanese, titled and numbered ‘slash with a knife 21/50’ (lower right)
(xvi) numbered ‘21/50’ (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right)
reworked woodcut and colour xerox on paper, in sixteen parts
each: 16 3/8 x 11 ¼in. (41.3 x 28.5cm.)
Executed in 1999, this works is number twenty-one from an edition of fifty
Provenance
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003.
Literature
M. Rothenberger (ed.), Yoshitomo Nara, Lullaby Supermarket, Nuremberg 2002 (illustrated in colour, pp. 66 to 71).
N. Miyamura, S. Suzuki (eds.), Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works, Vol. 2, San Francisco 2011, nos. D-1999/083-094 and
D-1999/099-102 (illustrated in colour, pp. 146 and 147).
N. Miyamura, S. Suzuki (eds.), Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works, Vol. 2, San Francisco 2011, nos. D-1999/083-094 and
D-1999/099-102 (illustrated in colour, pp. 146 and 147).
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