YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)

Dots Obsession (FOPMU)

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YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Dots Obsession (FOPMU)
signed, titled and dated 'FOPMU YAYOI KUSAMA 2013 DOTS OBSESSION' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
194 x 194 cm. (76 3/8 x 76 3/8 in.)
Painted in 2013

Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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

Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, Kusama Yayoi: A Dream I Dreamed, exh. cat., Shanghai, 2013 (illustrated, p. 90).
Seoul Arts Center, Yayoi Kusama: A Dream I Dreamed, exh. cat., Seoul, 2014 (illustrated, pp. 148-149, 167).
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kusama Yayoi: A Dream I Dreamed, exh. cat., Kaohsiung, 2015 (illustrated, pp.170-171, 176).
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Kusama Yayoi: A Dream I Dreamed, exh. cat., Taichung, 2015 (illustrated, pp.70-71, 176).

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‘Polka dots are a way to infinity. When we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots, we become part of the unity of our environment, I become part of the eternal, and we obliterate ourselves in love.’ - Yayoi Kusama

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