Contemporary Day Auction

TAKASHI MURAKAMI

Flower Matango (A)

Monumental Item

Auction Closed

May 14, 09:30 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Takashi Murakami

b. 1962

FLOWER MATANGO (A)

oil, acrylic, fiberglass and iron

216 ½ by 118 ⅛ by 98 ½ in.

550 by 300 by 250 cm.

Executed in 2001-2006, this work is a unique variant.

This work is being offered for sale from an offsite location and is not at Sotheby’s York Avenue location. Prospective buyers may contact ctpdaysale@sothebys.com with inquiries. Please note that the successful purchaser must use Sotheby’s shipping services for collection and delivery after the auction at the buyer’s expense.

Galerie Perrotin, Paris

Private Collection

Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 2016)

Sotheby's New York, 29 June 2020, lot 127 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art (and traveling), © Murakami, 2007, pp. 254 - 255, illustrated in color (Flower Matango (B)), pp. 256-257, illustrated in color, and p. 303

Exh. Cat., Château de Versailles, Murakami Versailles, 2010, pp. 100-111, illustrated in color, and pp. 202-203, illustrated in color(Flower Matango (C))

Exh. Cat., Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art (and traveling), Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, 2017, p. 28, illustrated in color (Flower Matango (B))

Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain and London, Serpentine Gallery, Takashi Murakami: Kaikai Kiki, June 2002 - January 2003

Derbyshire, Chatsworth House, Beyond Limits: Sotheby's at Chatsworth, September - October 2011