Flowerball Pink

Here's another variation on Takashi Murakami's smiling flowers. Or should it be mocking flowers? There seems to be something mechanical about their laughter.

Takashi Murakami (b. 1962) 

Flowerball Pink
signed and dated Takashi 07 (on the reverse)
acrylic and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on board diameter: 39½in. (100.3cm.)
Executed in 2007

Estimate

£250,000 - £350,000
• ($394,500 - $552,300)
• Price Realized: £ 361,250
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Sale Information

Sale 8052 Lot 3
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction 
14 February 2012 

London, King Street 

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/takashi-murakami-flowerball-pink/5533727/lot/lot_details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5533727&sid=65515930-fc9b-4e08-9571-0f697e58d9be

Note:  My last post on Murakami's smiling flowers is here.

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