May 10, 2004 - Sale 2006

Sale 2006 - Lot 126

Price Realized: $ 748
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
MAKOTO NAKAMURA (1926-) SHISEIDO LIPSTICK. 1980.
401/2x281/2 inches.
Condition A-: minor tears in margins; minor creases in margins. Paper.
Nakamura spent his entire professional career working for Shisheido. In the beginning of the 1970s he created a revolution in cosmetic advertising by using close-ups of faces and fingers in situations that always tell a story, dramatic or mysterious, thereby building a strong and unique identity for the company. This classic image is for "Kyo Beni" lipstick and the text reads "sensuous lips, enchanting charm."