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Yoshitomo Nara — Be Crushed to Death
Yoshitomo Nara

Be Crushed to Death

1993

A defiant child figure stares outward with Nara's signature wide, hollow eyes, rendered in his characteristic flat, graphic style using bold acrylic pigments. The stark simplicity of the composition belies an undercurrent of menace and emotional complexity, with the child's expression hovering between vulnerability and aggression. True to Nara's iconographic language, the work channels themes of rebellion, isolation, and the darker undercurrents of childhood innocence.

Medium
acrylic on canvas

🔨 Auction Lot

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

May 10, 2018

Estimate: $80,000$120,000

Sold: $106,250

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Yoshitomo Nara, Be Crushed to Death, 1993

A defiant child figure stares outward with Nara's signature wide, hollow eyes, rendered in his characteristic flat, graphic style using bold acrylic pigments. The stark simplicity of the composition belies an undercurrent of menace and emotional complexity, with the child's expression hovering between vulnerability and aggression. True to Nara's iconographic language, the work channels themes of rebellion, isolation, and the darker undercurrents of childhood innocence.

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Year
1993
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dark Mood, Figurative Painting, Acrylic On Canvas, Muted Palette, Male Artist, Child Subject, Japanese Artist, Contemporary Artist, Late 20th Century, Neo-Expressionism

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Melissa Avery