
Guitar Girl
A solitary girl with Nara's signature oversized head and vacant, melancholic eyes clutches a guitar, rendered in the artist's deceptively simple yet emotionally charged style. The lithograph's soft, layered colors on Japanese paper with chine collé lend a delicate, dreamlike quality to the composition, while the full margins frame the intimate figure with quiet breathing room. The work embodies Nara's exploration of childhood innocence tinged with defiance and longing, a hallmark of his distinctive post-pop aesthetic.
- Medium
- Lithograph in colors, on Japanese paper with chine collé to Arches paper, with full margins.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
April 23, 2019
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