TIDE valuation
Tatsuhiro Ide, and a grumpy cartoon cat that stands in for the artist.
TIDE is Tatsuhiro Ide, born in Japan in 1984, and almost the whole body of work proceeds from one character: a cartoon cat that functions as the artist's alter ego, most often curled in a cat bed or sitting with its arms folded in frank bad temper.
What a work by TIDE is worth
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Bio
TIDE is Tatsuhiro Ide, born in Japan in 1984, and almost the whole body of work proceeds from one character: a cartoon cat that functions as the artist's alter ego, most often curled in a cat bed or sitting with its arms folded in frank bad temper. The compositions are pared back and largely monochrome, and the settings are drawn with the density of a children's bedtime book or the hand-painted backgrounds of an old cartoon, so the flat character sits against a deliberately elaborate world. He has shown in Tokyo, Seoul, New York and London.
The making is more varied than the monochrome palette suggests — gestural spray, rough brushwork and soft airbrushed passages appear in the same picture — and that mixture is the first thing to look at in any condition assessment, because sprayed and airbrushed areas behave differently from brushed ones and show handling sooner. Unique paintings on canvas lead, with works on paper and editions below them. The secondary market is active but young, so acquisition date and documentation carry real weight in a valuation.
The paintings and the collectables
TIDE is self-taught and began painting in Tokyo in 2009, drawn to it by the manga of Shigeru Mizuki. Alongside the paintings there is a large output of collectables: screenprints, and vinyl and resin figures made with toy companies and retailers such as the Tokyo department store Isetan.
Figures and prints are often issued in several colourways, such as an original, a black and a white version, each its own edition. The colourway, the edition number, and the box or certificate where there is one should all be recorded, since they are what separate one example from another.
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