Fortress of Life

Details

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Fortress of Life
signed, titled in Japanese, and dated 'YAYOI KUSAMA 1999' (on the reverse)
metallic paint on sewn, stuffed fabric and wood assemblage
11 7/8 x 47 7/8 x 8 in. (30.2 x 121.6 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1999.

Provenance

MOMA Contemporary, Fukuoka, Japan
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Fukuoka, Japan, MOMA Contemporary, Beyond My Illusion, March 1999, p. 24. no. 23 (illustrated).

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Descriptif du lot

"My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings." – Yayoi Kusama (Y. Kusama, quoted in G. Turner, "Yayoi Kusama", BOMB Magazine, no. 66, January 1999).

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