Lot Essay
“Just as Bodhidharma spent ten years facing a stone wall, I spent as much as a month facing a single pumpkin. I regretted even having to take time to sleep.” - YAYOI KUSAMA
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Pumpkin
Details
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Pumpkin
signed and dated ‘Y. Kusama 1991’, titled in Japanese (on the underside)
mixed media sculpture
11.5 (H) x 16.5 x 15.3 cm. (4 1⁄2 x 6 1⁄2 x 6 in.)
Executed in 1991
Pumpkin
signed and dated ‘Y. Kusama 1991’, titled in Japanese (on the underside)
mixed media sculpture
11.5 (H) x 16.5 x 15.3 cm. (4 1⁄2 x 6 1⁄2 x 6 in.)
Executed in 1991
Provenance
Private Collection, Asia
Acquired from the above by the present owner
The work is accompanied by a registration card issued by the artist’s studio.
Acquired from the above by the present owner
The work is accompanied by a registration card issued by the artist’s studio.
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