ID 990192
Lot 161 | YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
Pumpkin
incised with the artist's signature, date, stamped with the foundry mark and number '2008 N˚ 32/100 YAYOI KUSAMA 1998' (lower edge)
bronze
10 7/8 x 10 7/8 x 10 5/8in. (27.5 x 27.5 x 27cm.)
Conceived in 1998 and executed in 2008, this work is number thirty-two from an edition of one hundred
Provenance
Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2009.
Exhibited
Karuizawa, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Painters Across the Sea, 2010 (another from the edition exhibited).
Taipei, Dynasty Gallery, Yayoi Kusama's Work Collections, 2015 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, pp. 24 and 25).
Special notice
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| Artist: | Yayoi Kusama (1929) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Artist: | Yayoi Kusama (1929) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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