LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Yoshitomo Nara
Black Dog1999

Not on view
Glossy black sculpture of a stylized standing dog with simplified, balloon-like forms, long floppy ears, and a curved tail

Yoshitomo Nara, Black Dog, 1999, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Peter Norton and Eileen Harris Norton, Santa Monica in honor of the museum's 40th anniversary, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Yoshitomo Nara
Japan, born 1959
Title
Black Dog
Date Made
1999
Medium
Fiberglass, high gloss body paint
Dimensions
44 1/2 x 60 x 40 in. (113.03 x 152.4 x 101.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Peter Norton and Eileen Harris Norton, Santa Monica in honor of the museum's 40th anniversary
Accession Number
M.2005.137.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.
Copyright
© Yoshitomo Nara

Related Unframed

New Acquisition—Yoshitomo Nara’s Miss Forest
New Acquisition—Yoshitomo Nara’s Miss Forest
  • November 9, 2020
Sam Durant and the Art of Dialogue
Sam Durant and the Art of Dialogue
  • July 13, 2017
  • Jennifer King