Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)

Self Obliteration

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Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
Self Obliteration
signed twice, titled, dated and inscribed in Japanese 'Yayoi Kusama SELF OBLITERATION 1960-74' (on the underside of the table); signed, titled, dated and inscribed in Japanese 'Yayoi Kusama Self-Obliteration 1966-74' (on the underside of each mannequin base)
six painted mannequins, six wigs, four painted chairs, and painted table with mixed media table setting
overall: dimensions variable
mannequin height: 67½ in.
Executed in 1966-1974.

Lot Essay

"My nets grew beyond myself and beyond the canvases I was covering with them. They began to cover walls, the ceiling, and finally the whole universe. I was always standing at the centre of the obsession, over the passionate accretion and repetition inside of me"

(Yayoi Kusama, quoted in L. Hoptman, A. Tatehata, U. Kultermann, Yayoi Kusama, London, 2000, p. 103).

Self Obliteration

Lot Essay

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