Pumpkin

Details

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Pumpkin
signed, titled in Japanese and dated 'YAYOI KUSAMA 1992' (on the underside)
wood box, cloth, acrylic and mixed media
6 ½ x 8 1/8 x 7 in. (16.5 x 20.6 x 17.8 cm.)
Executed in 1992. This work is unique.

Provenance

Private collection
Clark Cierlak Auctions, Sherman Oaks, California
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003

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Lot Essay

The appearance of the pumpkin is too adorable... What attracts me to her is that she doesn't wear any cover-up, unashamed of her plump belly, and she has a tenacious spiritual power.
—Yayoi Kusama

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