Pumpkin

Details

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Pumpkin
signed, titled in Japanese, and dated '1987 Yayoi Kusama' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
38.1 x 44.9 cm. (15 x 17 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1987

Provenance

Gallery Te, Tokyo
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1990

Further details

This work is accompanied by the registration card issued by the artist’s studio.

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Lot Essay

“When the sun came up over Mount Higashiyama, I would confront the spirit of the pumpkin, forgetting everything else and concentrating my mind entirely on the form before me… Morning, noon, and night, I scrupulously painted each tiny bump on the rinds of my subjects.” – Yayoi Kusama

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