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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Doggie Radio; and Life Is Only One, 2011; and 2015
Print (other) · Board
Doggie Radio 30 x 43 x 23 cm (11 3/4 x 16 7/8 x 9 in.) Life Is Only One all 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.) diameter
Phillips · Dec 12, 2024 · Lot 79
HK$24,130≈ $3,103≈ £2,438≈ €2,958Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. HK$20,000–30,000View at Phillips ↗
Little Wanderer; and PupCup, 2002
Two injection moulded plastic multiples, both contained in the their original packaging
The Little Wanderer 23 x 15 x 15 cm (9 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) The Pup Cup 23 x 19 x 19 cm (9 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Phillips · Dec 12, 2024 · Lot 80
HK$20,320≈ $2,613≈ £2,053≈ €2,491Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. HK$8,000–12,000View at Phillips ↗
Alone in the Wind (triptych), 2020
Print (other) · Board
31⅝ h x 24 w x 1⅞ d in (80 x 61 x 5 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 3, 2024 · Lot 275
$693≈ £548≈ €659Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $700–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Little Wanderer
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 3, 2024 · Lot 276
SoldView at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Aomori-ken (Dog Piggy Bank) (White), 2016
Multiple
7¼ h x 3 w x 6 d in (18 x 8 x 15 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 3, 2024 · Lot 279
$258≈ £204≈ €245Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $200–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Untitled, 1987
Acrylic · Canvas
130.3×130.3 cm
Ravenel · Dec 1, 2024 · Lot 052
NT$38,400,000Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$28,000,000–46,000,000View at Ravenel ↗
Damn It All, 2012
Woodcut / linocut · ed. 30/50
42 x 29.5 cm
Ravenel · Dec 1, 2024 · Lot 131
NT$1,080,000Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$700,000–1,000,000View at Ravenel ↗
No Fun! (In the Floating World), 1999
Woodcut / linocut · Paper · ed. AP
41.5 x 29.5 cm
Ravenel · Dec 1, 2024 · Lot 132
NT$216,000Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$190,000–280,000View at Ravenel ↗
Peace Flag, 2001
Screenprint · Other support · ed. 81/100
101 x 153 cm
Ravenel · Dec 1, 2024 · Lot 133
NT$216,000Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$190,000–280,000View at Ravenel ↗
Doggy Radio x RIMOWA, 2011
Sculpture · Other support
43 (L) x 22.5 (W) x 29.5 (H) cm (Doggy Radio); 53.5 (L) x 27.5 (W) x 42.5 (H) cm (Suitcase)
Ravenel · Dec 1, 2024 · Lot 151
NT$504,000Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$300,000–460,000View at Ravenel ↗

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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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