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Takashi Murakami 村上隆 | Untitled (Mr. Dob - Multicolour) 無題（Mr. Dob - 彩色）

2020

This sculpture by Takashi Murakami features Mr. Dob, the artist's iconic smiling character with large eyes and distinctive features, rendered in vibrant multicolored urethane paint across an FRP (fiber-reinforced plastic) form mounted on a stainless steel and wood base. The work exemplifies Murakami's characteristic blending of high art with popular culture and Japanese aesthetic traditions, transforming a cartoon-like figure into a three-dimensional art object. The use of industrial materials combined with playful subject matter reflects Murakami's broader artistic practice of collapsing boundaries between fine art and commercial design.

Medium: FRP, urethane paint, stainless steel and wood
Spotted At: Auction House · Sotheby's

Notes

Exhibition History: Dubai, Perrotin, Takashi Murakami , November 2022 - January 2023 (unknown edition exhibited) Switzerland, Saanen, Tarmak22 in partnership with Nahmad Contemporary and Perrotin, Takashi Murakami , February - March 2024 (another example of a different size exhibited) ---------------------------------------------- 杜拜，貝浩登，〈村上隆〉，2022年11月至2023年1月（版數不詳）瑞士，薩能，Tarmak22 藝術空間與Nahmad Contemporary畫廊及貝浩登合辦，〈村上隆〉，2024年2月至3月（另一尺寸版數）

🔨 Auction Lot

Contemporary Day Auction

March 30, 2026

Estimate: $300,000 – $500,000

Lot 243