Lot 10 A rare Kansai Yamamoto 'Sushi' coat 1980s

labelled, the outsized wrangler-style jacket of white cotton with vinyl-covered blue cotton sleeves and collar, blue cotton back and yoke, the transparent vinyl breast pockets and back panel filled with plastic sushi and lemon against a background of fish torn from magazines, embroidered to the rear shoulders with 'Kansai Yamamoto Restaurant', popper-fastened, chest 117cm 46in

This piece was exhibited at: J.F. Chen C-Project, Los Angeles, 'Collision', 2019

front of coat with faint brown discolouration (see pics), all vinyl areas in generally good condition apart from collar edge which has occasional small nicks along fold line, magazine plates which back the pockets with creasing and occasional tears (see pics), soiling/discolouration to left and right front pocket areas, slight staining and soiling to cuffs, back of coat with faint light brown discolouration to left and right lower areas above waistband, tiny brown spot to back left shoulder area, sushi items to front and back in generally good condition.