{"product_id":"nobuyoshi-araki-tokyo-comedy","title":"Nobuyoshi Araki – Tokyo Comedy","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTokyo Comedy, 1997\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eArtist: Nobuyoshi Araki (Japanese, born 1940)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eMedium: Gelatin silver print mounted on acrylic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eDimensions: 100.6 × 123.5 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eSignature: Signed on the reverse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eCertificate: Certificate of Authenticity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eDate: 1997 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eTokyo Comedy is a gelatin silver print mounted on acrylic, executed in 1997 by Nobuyoshi Araki — one of the most celebrated, prolific, and internationally recognized photographers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries — signed on the reverse and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eNobuyoshi Araki occupies a position of absolute singularity in the history of photography. Born in Tokyo in 1940, Araki has produced across six decades a body of work of extraordinary range, technical mastery, and cultural provocation — a practice that has simultaneously placed him at the center of debates about art, censorship, desire, mortality, and the nature of the photographic image, and secured his status as one of the most important and influential photographers alive. His engagement with Tokyo — the city of his birth, his life, and his obsession — runs as a constant and defining thread through his entire output, giving his work a quality of total immersion in a single urban environment that has never been surpassed in the history of photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eTokyo Comedy belongs to Araki's sustained and deeply personal engagement with the city of Tokyo — a body of work that documents, transforms, and mythologizes its streets, interiors, and inhabitants with a visual intensity and emotional directness that is entirely his own. The title's ironic register — Comedy, a word that in the Japanese context carries associations of lightness, theatricality, and the performance of everyday life — frames the work within Araki's characteristic mode of simultaneously celebrating and questioning the surface of the world he photographs. The gelatin silver print mounted on acrylic gives the work a surface of exceptional luminosity, depth, and material permanence, the acrylic mounting amplifying the tonal richness and visual impact of the silver gelatin process while providing a long-term archival stability entirely appropriate to a work of this scale and significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe work is in excellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eShipping \u0026amp; Delivery: \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e✔ Worldwide shipping from France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e✔ Professional packaging with insurance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e✔ Tracking number included for secure delivery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e➡️ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eContact us for any question\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this an original work by Nobuyoshi Araki?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes — an authentic gelatin silver print mounted on acrylic, signed on the reverse and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, executed in 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat medium was used?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGelatin silver print mounted on acrylic — a premium presentation format that amplifies the tonal richness and visual impact of the silver gelatin process while providing exceptional archival stability and surface luminosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat are the dimensions?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e100.6 × 123.5 cm — a large format of commanding visual presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the work signed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes — signed on the reverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes the work come with documentation?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes — accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the work framed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo. Presented unframed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the condition?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcellent condition. Full condition report available upon request.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this artwork a good investment?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNobuyoshi Araki is one of the most consistently collected and internationally recognized photographers of his generation. Large-format gelatin silver prints mounted on acrylic, signed and accompanied by certificates of authenticity, represent compelling acquisitions for serious collectors of contemporary photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs worldwide shipping available?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes — secure worldwide shipping from France with professional packaging, tracking, and insurance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LYNART STORE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54412024152410,"sku":null,"price":35000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0243\/8699\/4210\/files\/photosite-2026-07-13T145756.633.png?v=1783947655","url":"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/products\/nobuyoshi-araki-tokyo-comedy","provider":"LYNART STORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}