ID: 700009098 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009098	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

727 (painting (visual work); Takashi Murakami (Japanese, born 1962); 1996; Museum of Modern Art (New York City, New York state, United ...; 251.2003.a-c )

Note: Mr. DOB, the whimsical, sharp-toothed character riding the wave at center, is Murakami's first signature creation inspired by the anime (animated film) and manga (comic book) characters that have achieved cult status in Japanese youth culture. His name is a contraction of the Japanese slang expression "dobojite," or "why?" and it is literally spelled out in his facial features and appendages, ensuring we recognize him in spite of his ever-changing appearance. Here Mr. DOB is borne on a tide of traditional Japanese forms. The wave, spanning the length of three panels that evoke a painted folding screen, is strongly suggestive of the well-known woodblock prints of the Japanese artist Hokusai (1760–1849). About twenty layers of paint, resembling lacquer, were built up then scraped away to create a variegated abstract background in Nihonga style, a fusion of Japanese and Western artistic approaches that developed in the late nineteenth century. Of 727 Murakami has said, "The work is not particularly representative of anything. It is simply a combination of all the available techniques that I had at the time."

Titles:

727 (preferred,C,U,RP,not applicable,U,U)

Manga-like character, Mr. DOB (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1996

Creator Display:

Takashi Murakami (Japanese, born 1962) [preferred]

painter Murakami, Takashi (Japanese painter and sculptor, born 1962) [500116211]

Locations:

Current: Museum of Modern Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500303609] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 251.2003.a-c

Credit Line: Gift of David Teiger

Display Materials: Synthetic polymer paint on canvas board

	polymer paint [300015055]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, synthetic resin paint)

	canvas board [300014236]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by form>, pasteboard (paper), cardboard, millboard)

Dimensions: 9' 10" x 14' 9" (299.7 x 449.6 cm); three panels

Cultures:

Japanese (preferred)

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

fantasy

Specific Subjects:

	Mr. DOB [901001447]
	.....((Anime and manga characters, Literary characters, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
727	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-)
Manga-like character, Mr. DOB	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-)