In the Floating World

Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959) In the Floating World (from left to right) (i) dated ‘’99’ (lower left); signed in Japanese and numbered ‘21/50’ (lower right) (ii-iii) signed in Japanese and numbered ‘21/50’ (lower left); dated ‘’99’ (lower right) (iv) titled twice ‘No Fun’ (centre left); signed in Japanese and numbered ‘21/50’ (lower left); dated ‘’99’ (lower right) (v) titled ‘FULL MOON’ (lower left); signed in Japanese, numbered and dated ‘ 21/50 ‘99’ (lower right) (vi) signed in Japanese, numbered and dated ‘ 21/50 ‘99’ (lower left) (vii) numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right) (iix) titled ‘Fuck ‘bout everything’ (lower centre); numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right) (ix) signed in Japanese, numbered and dated ‘ 21/50 ‘99’ (lower right) (x) titled ‘What’s going on?’ (upper left); signed in Japanese, numbered and dated ‘ 21/50 ‘99’ (lower right) (xi) numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right) (xii) signed in Japanese and numbered ‘21/50’ (lower left); dated ‘99’ (lower right) (xiii) titled ‘No Nukes’ (upper right); numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right) (xiv) titled ‘PUNK’ (upper left); numbered ‘21/50 (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right) (xv) dated ‘’99’ (lower left); signed in Japanese, titled and numbered ‘slash with a knife 21/50’ (lower right) (xvi) numbered ‘21/50’ (lower left); signed in Japanese and dated ‘’99’ (lower right) reworked woodcut and colour xerox on paper, in sixteen parts each: 16 3/8 x 11 ¼in. (41.3 x 28.5cm.) Executed in 1999, this works is number twenty-one from an edition of fifty