Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is known for her installations, sculptures and paintings and numbers among the most influential living contemporary artists. Born in Nagano in 1929, Kusama began creating art and writing poetry at a young age. Soon after relocating to Seattle in 1957, she headed to New York City where she became friends with the artists Donald Judd and Joseph Cornell. It was during these years that she originated her Infinity Net paintings, intricate webs of paint comprising repetitive brushstrokes. In the early 1960s Kusama rose to prominence through a series of Happenings and Pop performances, but, suffering from exhaustion, she returned to Japan at the beginning of the 1970s, retreating from the art world until the 1993 Venice Biennale. In the Japanese Pavilion, she installed her Mirror Room (Pumpkin), a mirrored room filled with her signature dotted pumpkin sculptures. Kusama has continued to develop an expansive and prolific practice, cultivating her specific visual lexicon that is at once whimsical, erotic and participatory. In 2017 the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, organized the highly acclaimed Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors, an exhibition featuring six of her iconic Infinity Rooms, which opened to overwhelming public success. The Broad in Los Angeles has two Infinity Rooms in its collection; elsewhere, Kusama’s works may be found in the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. For those owning Kusama, the market is decidedly strong. According to Sotheby’s Mei Moses, the average compound annual return for Yayoi Kusama resold at auction between 2003 and 2017 was 26.2%. 92.3% of 65 such works increased in value.

Yayoi Kusama

Art & Design from The Collection of Barbara Gladstone

Art & Design from The Collection of Barbara Gladstone Yayoi Kusama b. 1929 i. Untitled signed and dated 1985 (on the underside) mixed media 4 by 3 ½ by 3 ½ in. 10.2 by 8.9 by 8.9 cm. Executed in 1985. ii. Untitled signed and dated '85 (on the underside) mixed media 3 by 3 by 3 in. 7.6 by 7.6 by 7.6 cm. Executed in 1985. iii. Untitled signed and dated 1985 (on the underside) mixed media 4 by 4 by 4 in. 10.2 by 10.2 by 10.2 cm. Executed in 1985. These works will be accompanied by registration cards from YAYOI KUSAMA Inc. which will be delivered to the buyer of record upon receipt.

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Modern & Contemporary Discoveries

Yayoi Kusama b. 1929 Night signed and dated 1980 (lower right); signed, titled and dated 1980 (on the reverse) gouache, pastel, collage, gold paint and glitter on paper 65 by 51 cm. 25⅝ by 20 in. Executed in 1980. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Yayoi Kusama Studio. ---------------------------------------------- 草間彌生 1929年生 夜 款識 1980, Yayoi Kusama（右下）；《夜》，1980, Yayoi Kusama（作品背面） 粉彩、水粉、拼貼、金色顏料及閃粉紙本 65 x 51 公分 25⅝ x 20 英寸 1980年作 草間彌生工作室已為本作提供認證。

View 1 of Lot 5805: Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Night 夜

yayoi kusama 草間彌生 | night 夜

Art & Design from The Collection of Barbara Gladstone Yayoi Kusama b. 1929 Untitled signed and dated 1983 and inscribed 1984 (on the underside) mixed media 9 ½ by 6 by 6 ½ in. 24.1 by 15.2 by 16.5 cm. Executed in 1983. This work will be accompanied by a registration card from YAYOI KUSAMA Inc. which will be delivered to the buyer of record upon receipt.

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Yayoi Kusama b. 1929 Upward Vision (No. 1) signed, titled, dated 1953, and inscribed To Betty Van Sarrel From yayoi Kusama at the Hagg 1967 Nov (on the reverse) graphite, ink, gouache and pastel on paper 41 by 33.3 cm. 16 by 13 in. Executed in 1953. ---------------------------------------------- 草間彌生 1929年生 向上視覺 (第一號) 款識 To Betty Van Sarrel From yayoi Kusama at the Hagg 1967 Nov，UPWARD VISION (NO. I)，1953，YAYOI KUSAMA（作品背面） 石墨、墨水、水粉及粉彩紙本 41 x 33.3 公分 16 x 13 英寸 1953年作

View 1 of Lot 5861: Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Upward Vision (No. 1) 向上視覺 (第一號)

yayoi kusama 草間彌生 | upward vision (no. 1) 向上視覺 (第一號)

Yayoi Kusama b. 1929 The Stillness of Night signed, titled in Japanese and dated 1980 (on the reverse) spray paint on card 24.1 by 27.1 cm. 9½ by 10⅝ in. Executed in 1980. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Yayoi Kusama Studio. ---------------------------------------------- 草間彌生 1929年生 靜夜 款識 《夜のしゞま》，Yayoi Kusama，1980（作品背面） 噴漆卡紙 24.1 x 27.1 公分 9½ x 10⅝ 英寸 1980年作 草間彌生工作室已為本作提供認證。

View 1 of Lot 5863: Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | The Stillness of Night 靜夜

yayoi kusama 草間彌生 | the stillness of night 靜夜

Yayoi Kusama b. 1929 Genesis signed, titled and dated 1992 (on the underside) mixed media sculpture 30 by 21 by 11 cm. 11¾ by 8¼ by 4⅜ in. Executed in 1992. This work is accompanied by a registration card issued by YAYOI KUSAMA Inc. ---------------------------------------------- 草間彌生 1929年生 創世紀 款識 YAYOI KUSAMA，《GENESIS 創世紀》，1992（作品底部） 複合媒材雕塑 30 x 21 x 11 公分 11¾ x 8¼ x 4⅜ 英寸 1992年作 此作品附設株式會社草間彌生簽發之作品註冊卡。

View 1 of Lot 5862: Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Genesis 創世紀

yayoi kusama 草間彌生 | genesis 創世紀

screenprint on paperedition of 26/7558.7 × 48.5 cm1983

Pumpkin 

Red Colored Pumpkinscreenprintedition 59/9845.5 x 52.5 cm1994

Red Coloured Pumpkin

A Chat Among Womensilkscreen, etching, embossing on paperedition of P.P. 4/553 x 65 cm2012

A Chat Among Women 

screenprint on paperedition of P.P. 4/553 x 65 cm2011

Girls AAA 

screenprint on paperedition of 89/10052.7 x 45.2 cm1985

Coffee Cup 

screenprint on paperedition of 30/12024 × 28.5 cm2004

Pumpkin YB-C

collage, pastel, ink on paper54.2 × 39.2 cm1975

Just Before Death

screenprint on paperedition of 29/10045.5 × 53 cm1985DMY93

Shoes

screenprint on paperedition of 77/12065.5 × 53.5 cm1993

Pumpkin God

silkscreen, etching, embossing on paperedition of P.P. 4/545.3 x 52.7 cm2011

Women Wishing for Peace

etching, stencil on paperedition of H.C. 3/537.7 × 45.0 cm2011DMY8N

Sunset 

collage, pastel on paper64.4 × 49.8 cm1980

Nest

screenprint on paperedition of 70/10045.4 x 52.8 cm1989

Snail 

collage, pastel, ink on paper54.5 × 39.5 cm1975

Visiting a Grave under the Sea

1983acrylic on canvas53 x 65 cm

Shinano Road

collage, pastel, gouache, ink on paper54.7 × 42.5 cm1977

Before the Petals Fall

silkscreen and etching, embossing on paperedition of P.P. 4/560.5 x 72.5 cm2012

Seeking the Soul 

screenprint on paperedition of 50/6059.7 x 47.8 cm1999

Wave Crest 

screenprint on paperedition of 74/12029.8 × 22.8 cm1996

Pumpkin (YT)

screenprint on paperedition of 127/15015.6 × 22.5 cm1992

Pumpkin (Y)

etching on paperedition of 40/5041.8 x 29.5 cm1994

Wave 

screenprint on paperedition of 68/12072.8 × 60.5 cm1992

Pumpkin

1988acrylic on canvas47 x 54.5 cm

Morning on the Ganges River

woodcut print on paperedition of 26/12042 × 59.5 cm2014

Mt. Fuji is the Home of My Heart

screenprint on paperedition of 78/12072.3 x 60.4 cm1992

Pumkin (Yellow T) 

1988acrylic on canvas53 x 45.5 cm

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