Nobuyoshi Araki

Japanese · b. 1940 · Photographer

Nobuyoshi Araki , professionally known by the mononym Arākii (アラーキー), is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. Known primarily for photography that blends eroticism… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Nobuyoshi Araki, From Close to Range, 1991, Gelatin silver print diptych, printed 2008From Close to RangePhillips · $191,000≈ £114,853≈ €138,506Sign up to see
  2. Nobuyoshi Araki, 77 Works, n.d., Twenty-nine digital chromogenic prints, twenty-seven gelatin silver prints, eight Polaroids, eight colour copy prints, three digital chromogenic prints with acrylic, one dye destruction print and one chromogenic print77 WorksPhillips · £110,500≈ $171,386≈ €130,480Sign up to see
  3. Nobuyoshi Araki, 101 works for Robert Frank (Private Diary), 1993, 101 gelatin silver prints, each framed101 works for Robert Frank (Private Diary)Phillips · $100,000≈ £61,569≈ €73,779Sign up to see

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Nobuyoshi Araki , professionally known by the mononym Arākii (アラーキー), is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. Known primarily for photography that blends eroticism and bondage in a fine art context, he has published over 500 books.

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Born 1940, TokyoOccupation PhotographerWikidata Q450696 ↗ULAN 500116119 ↗

In the collections of

TateMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA)Art Institute of ChicagoFrans Hals MuseumHessel Museum of ArtIsrael MuseumJ. Paul Getty MuseumSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtStädel Museum

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contemporary art

Also known as Arākī

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0), Tate collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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