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Lot 0103: ATTR TO NARA YOSHITOMO JAPANESE MIXED MEDIA PAINTING

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Attributed to Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese, born 1959, mixed media painting on board, Reading is Learning, depicting a portrait of a grumpy young girl with a book, 1997. Framed. Inscribed, Reading is Learning but Seeing Teachs More Than Reading, to the left side. Titled and dated 97, on the backside. Inscribed and dated 2005, on the backside. A paper label of Midtown Galleries, on the backside. Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist, known for Mod child figurative, animal. Yoshitomo Nara was born in 1959 in Hirosaki, Japan and has exhibited extensively in the United States as well as Japan and European countries. Using a style combining the effect of Japanese prints and Pop Art cartoons, he paints solitary, doll-like children to comment upon the decline of society, East and West. To Nara, children symbolize a world marked by confusion and anxiety about an unknown future. Since 1988, he has divided his time between Japan and Germany, where he studied art. He sees himself as a voluntary exile. Because art schools and museums were conservative in Japan, Nara, also a sculptor working in a similarly simplistic style, studied contemporary art on his own there as a young man, eventually seeking exhibitions abroad. One of a kind artwork.

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Overall good vintage condition. Signs of wear and age. Has some stains and scuffs. Has chips in paint and wood. Refer to photos. Sold as is.
Frame 21 3/4 x 19 1/4 in. Board 21 3/8 x 18 3/8 in. All measurements are approximate.

Estimate $100.00-$150.00

Winning Bid $600.00