Lot 237 · Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale)
Thoughts on Matisse; Flowerball: Open Your Hands Wide; Awakening; Flowerball: Want to Hold You; Flowerball Multicolor; & the Flowerball’s Painterly Challenge
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- Estimate
- HK$40,000–HK$60,000 hammer ≈ $5,133–$7,699
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale), Hong Kong · 28 May 2017
- Dimensions
- each diameter: 71 cm. (28 in.) (6)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3929324
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Takashi Murakami, THOUGHTS ON MATISSE; FLOWERBALL: OPEN YOUR HANDS WIDE; AWAKENING; FLOWERBALL: WANT TO HOLD YOU; FLOWERBALL MULTICOLOR; & THE FLOWERBALL’S PAINTERLY CHALLENGE. Christie's, 28 May 2017, lot 237. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3929324.
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Takashi Murakami, THOUGHTS ON MATISSE; FLOWERBALL: OPEN YOUR HANDS WIDE; AWAKENING; FLOWERBALL: WANT TO HOLD YOU; FLOWERBALL MULTICOLOR; & THE FLOWERBALL’S PAINTERLY CHALLENGE. Christie's, 28 May 2017, lot 237. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3929324.
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From the same sale Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale) · May 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bibu | CHAN KWAN LOK (HONG KONG, B. 1992) | — | upcoming |
| Pyromaniac | Yoshitomo Nara | HK$700,000–HK$1,000,000 | |
| K | Yoshitomo Nara | HK$700,000–HK$1,000,000 | |
| Quiet, Quiet | Yoshitomo Nara | HK$3,000,000–HK$5,000,000 | |
| Way | Yoshitomo Nara | HK$240,000–HK$320,000 | |
| U-Ki-Yo-E | Yoshitomo Nara | HK$400,000–HK$600,000 |
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