FLOWER

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YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B.1929)
FLOWER
signed and dated 'Yayoi Kusama 1979', with one seal of the artist (upper left); dated, signed and titled (on the reverse)
marker pen on paperboard
24.2 x 27.3 cm. (9.5 x 10.7 in.)
Painted in 1979

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Sale room notice

Please note that the Chinese title of Lot 218 been updated, and there is an additional seal by the artist, located on the upper left corner.
Please note that Lot 218 is accompanied by a registration card issued by the artist's studio.
拍品编号218中文标题该为《花》，且左上角有艺术家钤印一枚。
拍品编号218附艺术家工作室所签发之艺术品注册卡。

Lot Essay

“One day I was looking at the red flower patterns of the tablecloth on a table, and when I looked up I saw the same pattern covering the ceiling, the windows and the walls, and finally all over the room, my body and the universe. I felt as if I had begun to selfobliterate, to revolve in the infinity of endless time and the absoluteness of space, and be reduced to nothingness. As I realized it was actually happening and not just in my imagination, I was frightened. I knew I had to run away lest I should be deprived of my life by the spell of the red flowers.”
——Kusama, “Struggle and Wandering of My Soul”

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