Takashi Murakami- Time Bokan Missing in the Eyes 2006

Takashi Murakami Time Bokan Missing in the Eyes 2006:

. Offset lithograph. 19. 7 x 19. 7 inches (50 x 50 cm) . Hand-signed & numbered on the lower right from an Edition 300. Published by: Kaikai Kiki Co. 2006.
. Catalogue Raisonne Takashi Murakami Prints p. 50 (pub. Kaikai Kiki Gallery)

. Further Background "A key image in Murakami’s oeuvre, the skull-shaped mushroom cloud in Time Bokan is borrowed from the eponymous Japanese anime TV series from the 1970s. The cloud symbolized the villains’ demise at the end of each episode, although they would unfailingly reappear in the next, to the delight of their young audience. Although the creators of the anime series could not have intended to send a positive message about the atomic bombing of Japan, let alone a safe return from it, the invincible villains became great favorites with children. By reviving this powerful image of Manichean paradox as a form of vanitas in relation to self-portraiture, Murakami provides a bold interpretation of a classical genre within a wholly new iconography. " (source: Gagsoian Gallery)