Live Auction 2164721st Century Day Sale
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Lot 310 PROPERTY FROM AN ESTEEMED JAPANESE COLLECTION

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)

Pumpkin

Closed29 May 2024

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HKD 10,055,000

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YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Pumpkin
signed, titled in Japanese, and dated '1987 Yayoi Kusama' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
38.1 x 44.9 cm. (15 x 17 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1987

Gallery Te, Tokyo
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1990

Specialist note

“When the sun came up over Mount Higashiyama, I would confront the spirit of the pumpkin, forgetting everything else and concentrating my mind entirely on the form before me… Morning, noon, and night, I scrupulously painted each tiny bump on the rinds of my subjects.” – Yayoi Kusama