Auction | China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd.
2018 Spring Auctions
Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art

96
YOSHITOMO NARA (b.1959)
Doggy Radio×Rimowa(Executed in 2011)

Fiberglass; aluminum suitcase

33×22×42 cm. (Radio)13×12 5/8×16 1/2 in 36×50×24 cm. (Suitcase)14 1/8×19 5/8×9 1/2 in

Signed in Japanese and dated on bottom right of the suitcase
Edition: 130/200

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Asia
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity with signature from artist, original carton box; the doggy radio includes FM radio, bluetooth, USB port, headphone jack and Yamaha speaker system

After getting into college, I started to think: what is the thing that I really liked? And what is the thing I really needed? And then I realized, the thing that I got trained were totally different from the things I liked. In the end, I finally chose the thing that I truly love—for example, dogs, they were nice and easy just like children. So today I no longer paint cynical kids, although some of my works are still very isolated, but they meant to last longer. In Doggy Radio, I tried to present the idea that “dogs are hanging around my room”, because I miss my childhood and my mood back then. I tried to tell myself not to forget my true willingness when I first started painting.
——Yoshitomo Nara

Price estimate:
HKD: 75, 000 - 100, 000
USD: 9, 600 - 12, 800

Auction Result:
HKD: 94,400

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