Signed left hind paw the character of Na in Japanese and dated 2000, numbered 7/15

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, New York (acquired from Yoshitomo Nara directly by exchanging his sculpture)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

EXHIBITED:
Your Dog - A Sculptural Pavillion, Thompkins Square Park, New York, July - August 2002 (larger version)
Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens, Cleveland, Museum of Contemporary Art, September 2003 - January 2004, (larger version)
Yoshitomo Nara: Your Dog, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, November 2003 - June 2004 (larger version)
Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, July - October 2004 (larger version)
Yoshitomo Nara: Your Dog Sculptural Pavillion, Art Basel Miami, Miami, December 2004
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, extended loan, October 2004 - March 2005 (larger version)
Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody’s Fool, Asia Society Museum, New York, September 9, 2010 - January 2, 2010 (larger version)

ILLUSTRATED:
S. Mizota, Little Triggers, Metro: Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper, July 2004 (larger version)
K. Chun, Killer Cute: Yoshitomo Nara's work bites back at the San Jose Museum of Art, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 2004, vol. 38, no. 51 (larger version)
Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2010