Fantasizing in the Smoke

Details

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Fantasizing in the Smoke
signed and titled in Japanese, signed and dated ‘yayoi kusama 1989’ (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
45.6 x 38.3 cm. (18 x 15 1/8 in.)
Painted in 1989

Provenance

Whitestone Gallery
Private collection, Asia
Private collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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

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Lot Essay

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

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