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Yoshitomo Nara — The Busy Signals Pretend Hits LP
Yoshitomo Nara

The Busy Signals Pretend Hits LP

2001

This minimalist illustration features a young figure with a distinctive black bob haircut and closed eyes rendered in bold graphic style. The subject wears a pale green dress and has delicate facial features including a small pink mouth and shadowed eyes. A wispy cloud or smoke-like element emerges from the figure's lips, creating a dreamy, contemplative quality. The composition employs simple line work and limited color palette against a cream background, characteristic of contemporary pop art aesthetics. The work serves as an album cover, merging fine art with commercial music design.

Medium
Album cover and vinyl record
Dimensions

Notes

Lot 160 in EHC Essentials: Modern and Contemporary on Artsy (May 19, 2026).

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EHC Essentials: Modern and Contemporary

May 19, 2026

Lot 160

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Yoshitomo Nara, The Busy Signals Pretend Hits LP, 2001

This minimalist illustration features a young figure with a distinctive black bob haircut and closed eyes rendered in bold graphic style. The subject wears a pale green dress and has delicate facial features including a small pink mouth and shadowed eyes. A wispy cloud or smoke-like element emerges from the figure's lips, creating a dreamy, contemplative quality. The composition employs simple line work and limited color palette against a cream background, characteristic of contemporary pop art aesthetics. The work serves as an album cover, merging fine art with commercial music design.

Medium
Album cover and vinyl record
Dimensions
31.8 x 31.8 cm
Year
2001
Seen at
EHC Fine Art Auction, Unknown

Related themes

Figure Study, Dream Like Quality, Cultural Commentary, Minimalist Design, Commercial Art, Contemporary illustration, Contemporary aesthetics, Youth Culture, Japanese Contemporary, Mixed Media, Line Drawing, Vinyl Record Art, Graphic Design, Portraiture, Pop Art, Illustration, Limited Color Palette, Music Art, Album Cover Art, Asian Contemporary Art

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Collected by

Melissa Avery, Matt Jones