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Lot 61
YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Buds
Closed28 May 2024
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HKD 23,970,000
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YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Buds
signed, titled, and dated 'BUDS 1987 YAYOI KUSAMA' (on the reverse of panel 1/3); signed, titled, and dated 'YAYOI KUSAMA 1987 BUDS' (on the reverse of panel 2/3); signed, titled, and dated 'BUDS YAYOI KUSAMA 1987 Yayoi Kusama' (on the reverse of panel 3/3)
acrylic on canvas (triptych)
each: 194 x 130 cm. (76 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
overall: 194 x 390 cm. (76 3/8 x 153 1/2 in.)
Painted in 1987
Buds
signed, titled, and dated 'BUDS 1987 YAYOI KUSAMA' (on the reverse of panel 1/3); signed, titled, and dated 'YAYOI KUSAMA 1987 BUDS' (on the reverse of panel 2/3); signed, titled, and dated 'BUDS YAYOI KUSAMA 1987 Yayoi Kusama' (on the reverse of panel 3/3)
acrylic on canvas (triptych)
each: 194 x 130 cm. (76 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
overall: 194 x 390 cm. (76 3/8 x 153 1/2 in.)
Painted in 1987
YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Buds
signed, titled, and dated 'BUDS 1987 YAYOI KUSAMA' (on the reverse of panel 1/3); signed, titled, and dated 'YAYOI KUSAMA 1987 BUDS' (on the reverse of panel 2/3); signed, titled, and dated 'BUDS YAYOI KUSAMA 1987 Yayoi Kusama' (on the reverse of panel 3/3)
acrylic on canvas (triptych)
each: 194 x 130 cm. (76 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
overall: 194 x 390 cm. (76 3/8 x 153 1/2 in.)
Painted in 1987
Buds
signed, titled, and dated 'BUDS 1987 YAYOI KUSAMA' (on the reverse of panel 1/3); signed, titled, and dated 'YAYOI KUSAMA 1987 BUDS' (on the reverse of panel 2/3); signed, titled, and dated 'BUDS YAYOI KUSAMA 1987 Yayoi Kusama' (on the reverse of panel 3/3)
acrylic on canvas (triptych)
each: 194 x 130 cm. (76 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
overall: 194 x 390 cm. (76 3/8 x 153 1/2 in.)
Painted in 1987
Gallery TE, Tokyo
Gallery HAM, Nagoya
Private collection, Asia (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Gallery HAM, Nagoya
Private collection, Asia (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Sogetsu Art Museum, Tokyo / Committee of the Exhibition of Yayoi Kusama, Yayoi Kusama, exh. cat., Sogetsu Art Museum, Tokyo, 1992 (illustrated, p. 86-87).
Love Forever: YAYOI KUSAMA 1958-68/In Full Bloom: YAYOI KUSAMA, Years in Japan, exh. cat., Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, 1999 (illustrated, p. 116-117).
Love Forever: YAYOI KUSAMA 1958-68/In Full Bloom: YAYOI KUSAMA, Years in Japan, exh. cat., Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, 1999 (illustrated, p. 116-117).
Tokyo, The Sogetsu Art Museum, Bursting Galaxies, September - October 1992. This exhibition later travelled to Niigata, Niigata City Art Museum, November - December 1992.
Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art, YAYOI KUSAMA NEW YORK/TOKYO - Love Forever: YAYOI KUSAMA 1958-68/In Full Bloom: YAYOI KUSAMA, Years in Japan, 29 April - 4 July 1999.
Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art, YAYOI KUSAMA NEW YORK/TOKYO - Love Forever: YAYOI KUSAMA 1958-68/In Full Bloom: YAYOI KUSAMA, Years in Japan, 29 April - 4 July 1999.
The work is accompanied by a registration card issued by the artist's studio.