Kōrin Flowers and Water by Takashi Murakami Explore Mondoir Collection Medium: Offset lithograph on paper Dimensions: 71 x 71 cm Edition production year: 2023 Price on request Status: available Why collect this work?A circular field compresses flowers, checks, and flowing lines into stacked zones, balancing botanical abundance against strict graphic order. The artist profile describes Murakami’s practice as combining traditional Japanese art with contemporary popular imagery. In this work, that concern appears through the close placement of floral ornament and emphatic pattern rather than narrative action.In the photograph, a central cluster of outlined blossoms rises across pale checkerboards. Cropped flowers enter from the left, while a dark, sinuous band bears down from the circle’s upper edge, complicating the bouquet’s apparent symmetry.Catalogued as a 2023 offset lithograph on paper, measuring 71 by 71 cm, the work uses a reproductive print medium capable of sustaining crisp contours, repeated shapes, and broad areas of pattern. The photograph cannot establish its surface texture or exact colour.The print is a useful case for examining how three systems of order coexist: the circle contains, the checks regulate, and the flowers proliferate. Their friction prevents decoration from settling into a single, stable pattern. About the ArtistTakashi Murakami Takashi Murakami is an artist featured in the Mondoir Collection. Nationality: Japanese Contemporary artist blending traditional Japanese art with pop culture.
