April 17, 2024
YOSHITOMO NARA "Too Young To Die" dish/ashtray; Rare Japanese pop art 2002.
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Up for auction is this collectable ceramic dish/ashtray by Japanese pop artist Yoshitomo Nara. This is a fairly rare piece that has been sold out since 2002. The image on the center of the dish is from a painting entitled "Too Young To Die" which the artist exhibited at the Yokohama Museum of Art in 2001. The piece is formed like an ashtray, but it was sold as a dish. At 10 inches in diameter, it can function as either dish or ashtray (functional art), ...or be used as neither and instead be displayed and enjoyed as art. The original box and foam packaging are included with the dish. Although I kept the dish in its box and never used or displayed it, there is a small chip on the base rim just below the "To" (see attached image for a closeup detail of small chip). I did not notice the chip when I originally purchased the dish many years ago and the chip also appears to not be a manufacturing flaw. This small chip is wholly located on the base and not on the painted side surface, so it is not noticeable when the dish is placed on a surface. Aside from the small chip, the rest of the dish is in very good condition - no scratches as the dish was box kept. A word on the artist, Yoshitomo Nara, as written on the back of the box: "Born in Aomori, Japan, in 1959, Nara is part of a generation of young Japanese artists whose works are
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