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Zhong Cheng 2024 Autumn Auction「Modern And Contemporary Art」

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    YOSHITOMO NARA (b.1959)

    Innocent

    1997

    Pencil on paper
    20.8×14cm

    Signed YOSHITOMO NARA in English, dated 1997

    Estimate TWD 200,000-300,000
    USD 6,700-10,100
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 212,400
    USD 7,324
    HKD 0

Provenance：Acquire from Japan Ginza Shinwa Auction by the present owner

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Yoshitomo Nara dedicated her earlier years into creating iconographs. And during the late 1980s, she is known for drawing children as the main character with big rounded eyes, and this has become her signature. She is especially known for the different gazes full of affection; and beneath the innocent and cute look reveals a strong will and complicated emotions. It represents the co- existence between internal feelings and opposite emotions that sparked imagination. The most famous look is the sidelong glance.

《Innocent》is presented in pure and non-transparent color in the background. It directly brings out the existence of the figure and the simple lines personified the child’s life. The innocence and the sidelong glance that reveals a slight evil look also gives the viewers a lonesome feeling. 

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