For Venice Biennal(e)

Details

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
For Venice Biennal(e)
signed, titled and dated 'for Venice Biennal 68 Y. Kusama' (lower right); signed, titled and dated again 'for Venice Biennal 68 68 Yayoi Kusama' (on the reverse)
acrylic, gouache and pencil on paper
40.5 x 50.5 cm. (16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1968

Provenance

UMI Gallery, Tokyo
Private collection, Asia
Sotheby's Olympia, 19 June 2006, lot 775
Private collection (acquired at the above sale by the previous owner)
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 6 October 2013, lot 902
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

The work is accompanied by a registration card issued by the artist’s studio.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

How about taking a trip with me out to Central Park...under the magic mushroom of the Alice in Wonderland Statue...I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland.

-YAYOI KUSAMA

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