Lot  229 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2022 Taipei

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2022 Taipei

Doodle Kiss

Mr Doodle (British, 1994)

2019

Acrylic on canvas

100 x 100 cm

Estimate

TWD 2,400,000-4,000,000

HKD 596,000-993,000

USD 75,900-126,500

CNY 538,000-897,000

Sold Price

TWD 4,800,000

HKD 1,221,374

USD 156,914

CNY 1,103,448


Signature

Signed on the reserve MR DOODLE! and dated 2019

EXHIBITED
Mr Doodle Invades Sotheby’s, Sotheby’s S2 Gallery, Hong Kong, December 6 -19, 2019

ILLUSTRATED
Mr Doodle Invades Sotheby’s, Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 2019, no.32, pp. 75-76

+ OVERVIEW

In early 2022, Shanghai K11 launched "Doodle in Love", an unprecedented large-scale exhibition of the artist's multi-colored graffiti works. This exhibition completely narrates the process and experience from falling in love to marrying Mrs Doodle in 2021, presenting a journey from black and white to dazzling colors filled with romance and love. This beautiful relationship makes M.Doodle's black and white world changes to a colourful one. This journey of love has been visible for the first time as early as 2019 in "Mr Doodle Invades Sotheby's". The new graffiti works in the exhibition are based on famous paintings from both the East and the West, including "Mona Lisa", "The Scream", "The Doodle Girls of Avignon" and Sanyu's masterpiece "Nude Girl with Crooked Legs".



This work "Doodle Kiss" is also included in the above mentioned exhibition. The original work was created in 1907-1908 by Gustav Klimt, a master of the Vienna Secession, and it was also a piece created in its golden era at his pinnacle. Mr. Doodle continued his whimsical "Graffiti Spaghetti" method to redeconstruct the picture, utilising the masterpiece as the prototype. The background of the painting is in gold, the rough black lines outline the pair of lovers and the big love situated in the center of the painting. Surrounding the picture, the sun, stars, hearts, flowers, keys, diamonds, ice cream and other graphics and elements representing romantic love are outlined with white lines. The whole picture is full of happiness, sweetness and joyful atmosphere, in continuation with the artist's consistent theme of love, blessed and fun.
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Ravenel Autumn Auction 2022 Taipei

Sunday, December 4, 2022, 2:00pm