Photo © Lempertz — view this lot on Lempertz ↗Bunny in blue, 1997
Acrylic · Canvas
Lempertz · Jun 5, 2026€584,200 ≈ $680,009 ≈ £504,945Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Flying Nun
Yoshitomo Nara (Japanese, b. 1959) · 2002
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate HK$3,800,000 – HK$5,800,000 (≈ $488,186 – $745,126) (≈ £400,284 – £610,959) (≈ €466,985 – €712,766)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on cotton mounted on fibre-reinforced plastic”
- Support
- Other support
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, titled and dated '"The Flying Nun" Nara [in Japanese] 2002' on the reverse · Yoshitomo Nara signature
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- diameter 54.6 cm. (21 1/2 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in association with Yongle (HK010322)
- Date
- December 1, 2022
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Lot
- 22
- Estimate
- HK$3,800,000 – HK$5,800,000 (≈ $488,186 – $745,126) (≈ £400,284 – £610,959) (≈ €466,985 – €712,766)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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