Yoshitomo Nara, DORAMICHAN's Ribbon Was Taken By GIAN

2002
printed with the artist name, title of work, collaborator copyright and date of production 'Nara Yoshitomo / "DORAMICHAN's ribbon was taken by GIAN" ©Fujiko-pro & Yoshitomo Nara 2002' upper right
offset lithograph on smooth wove paper
image: 71.5 x 50 cm. (28 1/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
frame: 86 x 64 x 1.7 cm. (33 7/8 x 25 1/4 x 5/8 in.)
Executed in 2002, this work is from a limited edition.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Hong Kong
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited:
Tokyo, Mori Arts Center Gallery, THE Doraemon Exhibition TOKYO 2017, 1 November 2017 - 8 January 2018 (another example exhibited)

Literature:
Bijutsu Techo Monthly Art Magazine, vol. 54, no. 824, August 2000 (original work illustrated on the cover)
Noriko Miyamura and Shinko Suzuki, eds., Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works Volume 1: Paintings, Sculptures, Editions, Photographs 1984-2010, Tokyo, 2011, no. P-2002-004, p. 184 (original work illustrated)
Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, ed., Yoshimoto Nara: The Complete BT Archives 1991-2013, Tokyo, 2013, p. 651 (original work illustrated)