{"product_id":"takashi-murakami-and-then-and-then-and-then-and-then-and-then-green-truth-copie","title":"Takashi Murakami – White DOB","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhite DOB, 2004\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eArtist: Takashi Murakami (Japanese, born 1963)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMedium: Offset lithograph in colors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eDimensions: 69 × 69 cm (27 1\/8 × 27 1\/8 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eEdition: Edition of 300\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSignature: Signed and numbered to lower right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003ePrinter: Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003ePublisher: Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWhite DOB is a color offset lithograph executed in 2004 by Takashi Murakami — one of the most celebrated, institutionally recognized, and globally influential artists of his generation, and the defining figure in the history of Japanese contemporary art's engagement with the international art world — signed and numbered 67\/300 to the lower right, and printed and published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. in Tokyo. Measuring 69 × 69 cm — a large-format square of commanding physical presence entirely consistent with Murakami's characteristic engagement with the flat, radially organized, and formally complete compositions that have become among the most recognizable images in contemporary art — the work delivers the full chromatic purity, graphic precision, and conceptual depth of Murakami's visual universe in one of its most iconic and historically significant manifestations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eTakashi Murakami occupies a position of absolute singularity in the history of contemporary art. Born in Tokyo in 1963, Murakami developed in the late 1990s and early 2000s the theoretical and aesthetic framework he termed Superflat — a concept that identified the flattened pictorial space of traditional Japanese art, the visual culture of manga and anime, and the leveling logic of postwar Japanese consumer society as the defining conditions of a new and distinctly Japanese visual modernity. Through this framework, Murakami constructed a body of work of extraordinary range, ambition, and cultural complexity — spanning painting, sculpture, installation, fashion collaboration, and printmaking — in which the most seductive and immediately pleasurable surfaces of popular visual culture are inhabited by a depth of art historical knowledge, philosophical inquiry, and cultural critique that rewards the most sustained and serious engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe work is in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eShipping \u0026amp; Delivery: \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e✔ Worldwide shipping from France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e✔ Professional packaging with insurance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e✔ Tracking number included for secure delivery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/collections\/murakami-takashi?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=takashi\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\" title=\"Collection Takashi murakami\"\u003e➡️ See all available works by Takashi Murakami\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1013\" data-end=\"1016\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/pages\/contact-us\" title=\"Contact\"\u003e➡️ Contact us for any question\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this an original work by Takashi Murakami?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes. White DOB is an authentic color offset lithograph executed in 2004 by Takashi Murakami, signed and numbered 67\/300 to the lower right, and printed and published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. in Tokyo — Murakami's own production company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho is Mr. DOB?\u003c\/strong\u003e Mr. DOB is one of the most significant and historically resonant characters in Takashi Murakami's entire artistic output — first conceived in 1993 as a direct response to the manga and anime characters of Japanese popular culture, and subsequently evolved over more than three decades into one of the most formally and conceptually sophisticated figures in contemporary art. In White DOB, the character is rendered in a chromatic register of exceptional purity and formal restraint, stripping away color to reveal the underlying formal and conceptual structure of the character with rare pictorial clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the significance of the white colorway?\u003c\/strong\u003e The white palette of White DOB represents a deliberate and formally significant departure from the chromatic exuberance of many of Murakami's most celebrated DOB works — stripping the character to its essential formal and conceptual structure and giving the impression a quality of rare pictorial intelligence, visual authority, and formal restraint entirely consistent with the depth and ambition of Murakami's practice at its most considered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the Superflat concept?\u003c\/strong\u003e Superflat is the theoretical and aesthetic framework developed by Murakami in the late 1990s, identifying the flattened pictorial space of traditional Japanese art, the visual culture of manga and anime, and the leveling logic of postwar Japanese consumer society as the defining conditions of a new and distinctly Japanese visual modernity. It provides the conceptual foundation for virtually all of Murakami's artistic production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.?\u003c\/strong\u003e Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. is Murakami's own Tokyo-based production company — one of the most vertically integrated and quality-conscious artist-run publishing operations in the contemporary art world, responsible for the production, publication, and distribution of Murakami's printed editions. Works printed and published by Kaikai Kiki carry the highest possible guarantee of production quality and authentic provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat printing technique was used?\u003c\/strong\u003e The work is an offset lithograph in colors — a technically sophisticated printing process that allows for the faithful reproduction of Murakami's characteristically precise and chromatically controlled compositions with exceptional color fidelity and surface quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the edition size?\u003c\/strong\u003e The work is from the edition of 300, signed and numbered by Murakami to the lower right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat are the dimensions of the piece?\u003c\/strong\u003e 69 × 69 cm (27 1\/8 × 27 1\/8 in) — a large-format square of commanding physical presence and perfect pictorial symmetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the work signed?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes. The work is signed and numbered to the lower right — \"Takashi Murakami 04 67\/300.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the work framed?\u003c\/strong\u003e No. The work is presented unframed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the condition of the work?\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good condition. Full condition report available upon request.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Takashi Murakami","offers":[{"title":"69 × 69 cm","offer_id":53820615459162,"sku":null,"price":2250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0243\/8699\/4210\/files\/photosite_98.png?v=1773667881","url":"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/products\/takashi-murakami-and-then-and-then-and-then-and-then-and-then-green-truth-copie","provider":"LYNART STORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}