ID 829027
Lot 34 | YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Estimate value
£ 300 000 – 500 000
Cosmos (THOPS)
signed, titled and dated ‘COSMOS YAYOI KUSAMA 2008 (THOPS)’ (on the reverse)
urethane resin on canvas
76 3/8 x 76 3/8in. (194 x 194cm.)
Executed in 2008
Provenance
Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills.
Acquired from the above in 2010.
Literature
Y. Kusama, Art Book, Hi, Konnichiwa, New York 2013, p. 182 (titled incorrectly; illustrated in colour, pp. 35 and 182).
Exhibited
Beverly Hills, Gagosian Gallery, Yayoi Kusama: Flowers that Bloom at Midnight, 2009, p. 96 (illustrated in colour, p. 71).
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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| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Yayoi Kusama (1929) |
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| Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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