Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)

Infinity Nets 1959

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Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets 1959
signed twice, inscribed in Japanese 'To Ms. Sachiko Taguchi, From Yayoi,' and titled 'INFINITY-NETS Yayoi YAYOI KUSAMA 1959' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
21 x 18 in. (53.3 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1979.
Provenance
Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo
Private collection, Japan
Private collection, Washington, D.C.
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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Lot Essay

“When I was a child, one day I was walking in the field, then all of a sudden, the sky became bright over the mountains, and I saw clearly the very image I was about to paint appear in the sky. I also saw violets, which I was painting, multiply to cover the doors, windows and even my body….I immediately transferred the idea onto a canvas.” (Y. Kusama, quoted in “Damien Hirst Questions Yayoi Kusama, Across the Water, May, 1998,” Kusama: Now, exh. cat., Robert Miller Gallery, New York, 1998, p. 15).

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