ID 792737
Lot 709 | YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Untitled
signed and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 1976’ (on the underside)
glitter and paint on sewn, stuffed fabric and metal
16 7⁄8 x 13 3⁄8 x 11 3⁄8in. (43 x 34 x 29cm.)
Executed in 1976
Provenance
Osaka Forum Gallery, Tokyo.
Private Collection, Japan.
Anon. sale, Christie’s, New York, 15 May 2001, lot 76.
Private Collection, France.
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Yayoi Kusama: A Retrospective. A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe, exh. cat., Berlin, Gropius Bau, 2021-2022, p. 25 (installation view of Encounter of Souls, illustrated in colour, pp. 26, 348). This exhibition later travelled to Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Jardin de Luseine, Encounter of Souls, 1983.
Special Notice
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Post Lot Text
This work is accompanied by a registration card issued by Yayoi Kusama Inc.
| Artist: | Yayoi Kusama (1929) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Artist: | Yayoi Kusama (1929) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
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