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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Record prices
Missing in ActionPhillips · HK$123,725,000≈ $15,944,441≈ £11,268,952≈ €13,088,525Sign up to see
Hothouse DollPhillips · HK$103,115,000≈ $13,302,866≈ £9,892,078≈ €10,947,960Sign up to see
Lookin' for a TreasurePhillips · HK$83,850,000≈ $10,681,652≈ £8,651,212≈ €9,812,283Sign up to see
Yoshitomo Nara’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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609 results · page 16 of 16
- Pup Cup, 2003Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $300–500
- Acid Rain, 1996Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. NT$260,000–360,000
- Untitled, 2002Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $8,000–12,000
- Untitled, 2002Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $8,000–12,000
- Mellow Girl, 2009Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £3,000–5,000
- The Puff Marshies Mini, 2006Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $80,000–120,000
- Childhood Days, 2011Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. NT$2,200,000–4,400,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. R$30,000–50,000
- Good Bye Japanese er!, 1996Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. NT$400,000–600,000
Also offered, result not published (10)
Lots by Yoshitomo Nara that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
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Yoshitomo Nara signature
190 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
Form
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, 2026Signed with the artist's initial and dated 'Na [in Japanese] 99' lower left
— Untitled, Phillips, May 20, 2026
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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