Live Auction 1561720th Century & Contemporary Art (Afternoon Session)
YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929)
Lot 401

YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929)

PUMPKIN (OOSS)

Closed26 May 2019

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HKD 1,625,000

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YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929)
PUMPKIN (OOSS)
signed, dated and titled 'Yayoi Kusama 2006 PUMPKIN (OOSS)' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
22.7 x 15.8 cm. (8 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Executed in 2006

Private Collection, Asia
This work is accompanied by a registration card issued by the artist’s studio

Specialist note

"The appearance of the pumpkin is too adorable...What attracts me to her is that she doesn't wear any cover up, unashamed of her plump belly, and she has a tenacious spiritual power." -Yayoi Kusama