Lot 20
  • 20

Yayoi Kusama

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Yayoi Kusama
  • Silver Night
  • signed and dated 1982 on a label affixed to the underside
  • mixed media sculpture 
  • 42 x 35 x 30 cm; 16 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.
  • Executed in 1982.

Provenance

Private Collection
Sale: Christie's East, New-York, Post-War and Contemporary Art, 15 May 2001, lot 78
Private Collection
Espace Carole Brimaud, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2002

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although it does not convey the purple undertones in the original work. This work is in very good condition.
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