Live Auction 20093Post-War to Present
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Lot 14

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)

Pumpkin

Closed1 October 2021

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USD 500,000

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YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Pumpkin
signed, titled in Japanese and dated 'YAYOI KUSAMA 1992' (on the underside)
wood box, cloth, acrylic and mixed media
6 ½ x 8 1/8 x 7 in. (16.5 x 20.6 x 17.8 cm.)
Executed in 1992. This work is unique.

Private collection
Clark Cierlak Auctions, Sherman Oaks, California
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003

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