Yayoi Kusama

OTA Fine Arts, Tokyo
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Colour: (i): The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant with the white tending more towards cream in the original. (ii): The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the background is black and the green tends more towards luminous apple green in the original. (iii): The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is softer with less blue undertones overall in the original. (iv): The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant, with the background tending more to deep purple and the orange more to luminous orange in the original. Condition: These works are in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light. (i): There is extremely light wear to all four corners and in places along all four extreme edges. There is a faint handling mark approximately 10cm. down from the top left corner tip. (ii): There is extremely light wear to all four corners and in a few places along all four extreme edges. There is a very small light rub mark towards the top right hand corner, and a further one to the centre right of the lower left hand quadrant. (iii): There is some extremely light wear to all four corners and in a few places along all four extreme edges. There is a faint vertical rub mark (approximately 10 cm. long) running parallel to the lower left extreme edge, as well as a further very small rub mark to the right of this. (iv): There is extremely light wear to all four corners, as well as in a few places along the top edge. There is one pin prick-sized white media accretion to the right extreme edge in the top half of the upper right quadrant.
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