The artist in her studio, New York, c. 1961. Courtesy YAYOI KUSAMA Inc.

Agnes Martin, Untitled, 1964 Private Collection. Image © The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY Art © 2019 Estate of Agnes Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alma Thomas, Antares, 1972 Image © Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC / Art Resource, NY Art © Estate of Alma Thomas

Georgia O’Keeffe, Red and Pink, 1925 Image © Harvard Art Museum / Art Resource, NY Art © 2019 The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Yayoi Kusama standing with her work against a background of Manhattan, NY in 1961. Courtesy YAYOI KUSAMA Inc.

Yayoi Kusama, Lake Michigan, 1960 Private Collection. Sold Sotheby’s New York, May 2017 for $5.3 million Art Courtesy YAYOI KUSAMA Inc.

Andy Warhol, Red Airmail Stamps, 1962 Collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California Digital Image © 2019 Museum Associates / LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY Art © 2019 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York