Property from an Important Private Collection
YOSHITOMO NARA (B. 1959)

I Think, Therefore I Am...A Dog

Price realised USD 378,000
Estimate
USD 250,000 – USD 350,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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YOSHITOMO NARA (B. 1959)

I Think, Therefore I Am...A Dog

Price realised USD 378,000
Price realised USD 378,000
Details
YOSHITOMO NARA (B. 1959)
I Think, Therefore I Am...A Dog
acrylic and lacquer on fiberglass, wood and steel
83 x 53 x 37 in. (210.8 x 134.6 x 94 cm.)
Executed in 2003. This work is from an edition of six plus two artist's proofs.
Provenance
Private collection
Private collection
Anon. sale; Phillips de Pury & Company New York, 9 November 2010, lot 221
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
N. Miyamura, S. Suzuki, eds., Yoshitomo Nara: the Complete Works, Volume 1: Paintings, Sculptures, Editions, Photographs, San Francisco, 2011, pp. 276 and 397, no. S-2003-002 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Cleveland, Museum of Contemporary Art; Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania; San Jose Museum of Art; St. Louis, Contemporary Art Museum and Honolulu, The Contemporary Museum,Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens, September 2003-May 2005, p.56 (another example exhibited and illustrated).

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