CLONE X #3 — Devil Ko²

CLONE X #3 — Devil Ko² is an offset print by Takashi Murakami featuring a character with purple hair, a crown and wings. The large portrait combines anime-like features with Murakami flowers, multicoloured eyes and sharp teeth.

Purple hair, wings and flowers

Two voluminous ponytails frame the face, while wings spread towards the image’s edges. A pale background keeps the silhouette clear. Flowers around the neck and a vivid tongue add colour to the lower portrait, balancing the large purple forms above.

The image combines the appealing and the strange. Large eyes and smiling flowers sit beside demonic wings and teeth. Where flower compositions focus on rhythm, this work brings a character’s personality to the foreground.

CLONE X: RTFKT, NFTs and the Gagosian exhibition

CLONE X developed from the NFT project Takashi Murakami created with RTFKT Studios in 2021. Its digital avatars were conceived as three-dimensional characters incorporating the artist’s motifs. This history explains the modelled face, fantastic details and combination of flowers with digital aesthetics in the print.

In 2022, Murakami brought CLONE X imagery into physical art. An Arrow through History at Gagosian in New York presented hand-painted portraits and large sculptures based on NFT avatars. Running from 11 May to 25 June, the exhibition connected the digital world with a gallery setting.

Gagosian also documents CLONE X × TAKASHI MURAKAMI #3 Devil Ko² as a 2022 painting related to the NFT series. This product card presents the physical offset print featuring that character.

Edition details

Artist: Takashi Murakami.
Name: CLONE X #3 — Devil Ko².
Technique: offset printing.
Edition size: 300 copies.
Dimensions: 70 × 70 cm.
Signed and numbered.
Presentation: Unframed.

Collecting and gifting

The print can join a character-art collection or be a gift for someone drawn to anime and digital aesthetics. Beside another CLONE X portrait, it reveals changes of personality, silhouette and colour within the same series.

Compare CLONE X #5 — Chris Le (CLEGFX) or explore the Takashi Murakami collection at ArtComburo.

Follow the artist’s new work on Takashi Murakami’s official Instagram.