Discover a vibrant treasure: the Death NYC Limited Edition "Astronaut Billiards" print featuring Murakami Flowers! Hand-signed and dated 2015, this eye-catching artwork combines cosmic fun with pop art energy. Includes a custom orange acrylic frame and pink display stand. Perfect for fans of retro-futurism, space art, and Japanese pop culture. Fast, insured shipping!
Death NYC • Hand-Signed Limited Edition
Astronaut Pool Table x Murakami Flowers • Custom Orange Acrylic Display
Signed, Dated 2015, Numbered, Embossed Stamp
Custom Orange Acrylic Frame with Brushed Chrome Standoffs • Pink Acrylic Display Stand Included
What You Are Getting
A hand-signed and numbered limited edition print by Death NYC, dated 2015, mounted on a custom-cut orange acrylic frame with brushed chrome standoff hardware and accompanied by a pink acrylic display stand. The composition is one of Death NYC's most imaginative: a retro-styled astronaut in a bubble helmet leans over a pool table to take a shot -- but the table's surface is deep space itself, with planets as billiard balls and the Moon as the cue ball. Behind the table, a wall of Murakami-style rainbow smiley flowers on a vibrant orange background explodes with color and energy.
Mid-century illustration, cosmic wonder, and Japanese pop art -- three visual languages that have no business working together, and yet in Death NYC's hands they produce something that feels inevitable. This is the kind of image that stops people mid-conversation when they see it on a wall.
The Artwork
The astronaut is rendered in a retro-futurist style that recalls 1950s and 1960s science fiction illustration -- the era when space was equal parts aspiration and fantasy, when magazine covers promised lunar colonies and the future looked like chrome and glass. He leans over the pool table with the focused calm of a professional player, cue stick drawn back, reading the angles. Except the angles are orbital mechanics. The billiard balls are celestial bodies: Earth, Mars, the Sun, scattered across a felt surface that has become a starfield. The Moon sits as the cue ball -- the object that sets everything else in motion.
Behind the table, the wall is anything but quiet. Takashi Murakami's signature smiling daisies fill the background in rainbow colors against a vibrant orange field, centered around a rainbow motif that radiates outward. The contrast is jarring in the best way -- the cool, contemplative act of a solitary figure playing cosmic billiards against a backdrop of relentless, ecstatic color. The Murakami flowers do not care about the gravity of the scene in front of them. They smile regardless. That tension between the cosmic and the kawaii, between weight and weightlessness, is what makes the composition sing.
Print Details
| Artist |
Death NYC (Don't Easily Abandon The Hope -- New York City) |
| Year |
2015 -- dated in the artist's hand. Over a decade old. |
| Edition |
Numbered limited edition -- hand-numbered in pencil by the artist |
| Signature |
Hand-signed in pencil (bottom left) |
| Embossed Stamp |
Official Death NYC embossed stamp (bottom left) -- raised blind stamp pressed into the paper |
| Print Condition |
Excellent. Colors vibrant and saturated. No tears, creases, or damage to the print. |
| Acrylic Condition |
Minor surface scratches consistent with handling. No cracks, chips, or structural damage. Please review all photos for full detail. |
Authentication
HAND-SIGNED • DATED 2015 • NUMBERED • EMBOSSED STAMP
Four layers of authentication applied directly to the work by the artist:
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Hand-signed in pencil -- the artist's signature on the lower left
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Dated 2015 in the artist's hand
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Hand-numbered -- edition number in pencil on the lower right
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Official Death NYC embossed stamp -- a raised blind stamp that physically alters the paper fiber and cannot be digitally reproduced or transferred
The Display System
Two display options in one package: This piece arrives with both a custom orange acrylic frame with brushed chrome standoffs for wall mounting and a pink acrylic display stand for tabletop or shelf presentation. The wall-mount standoffs float the piece off the surface, creating depth and shadow. The tabletop stand allows the piece to be displayed on a desk, shelf, or console without any wall commitment. Most collectors never get both options -- this package gives you the flexibility to change your display as the space demands.
| Wall Display |
Custom-cut orange acrylic panel with brushed chrome standoff hardware -- floats the piece off the wall with a contemporary gallery aesthetic |
| Tabletop Display |
Pink acrylic display stand -- freestanding option for desk, shelf, or console presentation |
| Color Logic |
The orange acrylic mirrors the vibrant orange background of the Murakami flower wall in the artwork. The pink stand echoes the flower palette. Both mounts extend the color world of the print into three-dimensional space. |
Why This Composition Works
Three visual eras in one frame. The retro astronaut belongs to the 1950s and 1960s -- the Space Age of optimism, chrome, and boundless ambition. The cosmic pool table transforms physics into leisure, turning orbital mechanics into a bar game and making the incomprehensible scale of the solar system feel intimate and playful. The Murakami flower wall belongs to the 21st-century collapse of fine art and commercial design -- relentlessly cheerful, visually overwhelming, and impossible to ignore.
The 2015 vintage adds value. This print is over a decade old, from a period when Death NYC's editions were less widely distributed and the secondary market for the artist's work was still developing. Pieces from this era represent the earlier phase of the artist's production -- before broader market recognition drove demand and pricing upward.
Crossover appeal. This single composition speaks to space enthusiasts, Murakami collectors, retro-futurism fans, pop art buyers, and anyone who appreciates visual humor with conceptual depth. That multi-market reach is what makes Death NYC's strongest compositions so consistently collectible.
What Is Included
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Death NYC limited edition print -- Astronaut Pool Table x Murakami Flowers, hand-signed, dated 2015, numbered, embossed stamp
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Custom-cut orange acrylic frame with brushed chrome standoff hardware -- wall-mountable
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Pink acrylic display stand -- freestanding tabletop option
Who This Is For
Space enthusiasts and retro-futurism fans who want art that captures the romance of the Space Age with a sense of humor. Murakami and Japanese pop art collectors drawn to the flower motif in an unexpected context. Pop art buyers looking for a piece with genuine visual wit and conversation-starting imagery. Interior designers sourcing a bold, colorful statement piece with a modern acrylic display format. Or anyone who looks at an astronaut shooting pool with planets on a starfield table backed by rainbow smiley flowers and thinks: yes, that belongs on my wall.
Shipping
Ships securely with full insurance. The acrylic display and stand will be wrapped with protective film and cushioning to prevent surface contact and scratching during transit. Tracking included. International shipping available upon request.
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