YAYOI KUSAMA | Pumpkin

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Sold

325,000 USD

bidding is closed

Description

Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin
signed, titled in Hiragana and dated 1995 on the reverse
acrylic on canvas

Provenance

Private Collection
Mainichi Auction, Tokyo, 21 April 2018, Lot 201
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Catalogue Note

“The first time I ever saw a pumpkin was when I was in elementary school and went with my grandfather to visit a big seed-harvesting ground...and there it was: a pumpkin the size of a man’s head...It immediately began speaking to me in a most animated manner." Yayoi Kusama

This work is registered with Yayoi Kusama Inc.