TAKASHI MURAKAMI (B. 1962) Forest of DOB

vinyl chloride and helium 280 x 250 x 250 cm executed in 1995 Provenance: SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York Clyde and Karen Beswick, Los Angeles Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998 Sale Christie's New York, First Open Post-War Contemporary Art, Works from the Peter Norton Collection, 7 March 2012, Lot 32 Private collection Literature: Murakami, exh. cat., Los Angeles, 2007, pp. 172-173 (illustrated in color). Exhibited: Tokyo, SCAI The Bathhouse, Crazy Z, October-November 1995. Zurich, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Personal Brandscape, August-October 2000.