Yoshitomo Nara

Japanese · b. 1959 · Painter, Printmaker

Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist. He lives and works in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara has had nearly 40 solo… (Wikipedia)

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Untitled
Gouache · Paper
21 x 23,5 cm
Lempertz · Dec 4, 2010 · Lot 462
€3,840≈ $5,086≈ £3,256Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €3,000–4,000View at Lempertz ↗
Untitled
Gouache · Board
34,5 x 24,3 cm
Lempertz · Dec 4, 2010 · Lot 463
€4,800≈ $6,358≈ £4,070Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €4,000–5,000View at Lempertz ↗
Ohne Titel, 2003
Drawing
33,1 × 24 cm
Grisebach · Nov 27, 2010 · Lot 450
€6,100≈ $8,067≈ £5,153Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €5,000–7,000View at Grisebach ↗
Sleepless Night Sitting, 2007
Sculpture · Other support · ed. 248/300
36(L) x 26(W) x 24(H) cm (box)<br />15(L) x 19(W) x 28(H) cm (sculpture)
Ravenel · Jun 6, 2010 · Lot 250
NT$600,000≈ $18,540≈ £12,784≈ €15,373Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$240,000–400,000View at Ravenel ↗
Mitten over the world
Acrylic · Paper
24,5 x 19 cm
Lempertz · Dec 6, 2008 · Lot 323
€9,600≈ $12,158≈ £8,319Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €10,000–View at Lempertz ↗
OHNE TITEL
Acrylic
40 x 30 cm
Lempertz · Nov 30, 2007 · Lot 909
€19,200≈ $28,341≈ £13,719Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €12,000–View at Lempertz ↗
Die Hundemutter als Trugbild
Oil
60 x 36 cm
Lempertz · Dec 1, 2006 · Lot 791
€30,940≈ $40,977≈ £20,820Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €20,000–View at Lempertz ↗
Attack to the Rotten World! SOS, 1995
Drawing · Paper
9½ h x 11¾ w in (24 x 30 cm)
Wright · Nov 21, 2006 · Lot 181
$13,200≈ £6,951≈ €10,301Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $12,000–View at Wright ↗
Tsubo shojo (Topf-Mädchen)
Acrylic
39,8 x 29,9 cm
Lempertz · Jun 11, 2005 · Lot 330
€10,710≈ $13,097≈ £7,180Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €4,800–View at Lempertz ↗
Too Young to Die, 2002
Print (other)
1¼ h x 9¾ dia in (3 x 25 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 19, 2026 · Lot 349
Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $1,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗

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Yoshitomo Nara signature

189 catalogued lots by Yoshitomo Nara record a signature line. The most common placement is on the reverse (53% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

on the reverse42
lower right19
lower left8
along the bottom4
lower centre3
on the stretcher1

Form

signed123
signed and dated62
initialled3
with seals1

Numbered '52/52' lower left; further signed and dated 'Nara [in Japanese] 2002-04' lower right — Time Goes On, Phillips, May 20, 2026
(i) signed with the artist's initial and dated 'Na [in Japanese] 2005' on the reverse — Three Works: (i) Fuckin Politics; (ii) Midnight Tears Scarf; (iii) In the Milky Lake/ Thinking One Scarf, Phillips, May 20, 2026
Signed with the artist's initial and dated 'Na [in Japanese] 99' lower left — Untitled, Phillips, May 20, 2026

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About Yoshitomo Nara

Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist. He lives and works in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions since 1984. His art work has been housed at the MoMA and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). His most well-known and repeated subjects are "big-headed girls" with piercing eyes, who one Nara scholar describes as having "childlike expressions [that] resonate with adult emotions, [their] embodiment of kawaii (cuteness) carries a dark humor, and any explicit cultural references are intertwined with personal memories."

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