Lot 602
602
Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)

The Spirit of Insect

Details
Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
The Spirit of Insect
signed and dated '1981 Yayoi Kusama' (lower right); signed again in English and Japanese and dated again '1981 Yayoi Kusama' (on the reverse)
oil, charcoal, ink, silk and printed paper collage on paper
25 7/8 x 20 1/8 in. (65.7 x 51.1 cm.)
Executed in 1981.
Provenance
MOMA Contemporary, Fukuoka
Private Collection, Japan
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 22 September 2010, lot 78
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Lot Essay

"What comes through behind Kusama's paintings is no longer a naturalistic space but something like a memory of the place where things used to be rather than a void in which anything can happen." -S. Tillim, "Yayoi Kusama" quoted by M. Yamamura, "Transforming Infinite: Yayoi Kusama's Net Paintings", Yayoi Kusama, Gagosian Gallery, New York, exh. cat., 2009, p.30. 

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