Live Auction 1690221st Century Art Day Sale
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Lot 151

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)

Pumpkin

Closed2 December 2021

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HKD 4,375,000

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YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Pumpkin
signed and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 2000’, titled in Japanese (on the underside)
mixed media sculpture
25 (H) x 19 x 14 cm. (9 7⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 x 5 1⁄2 in.)
Executed in 2000

Seoul Auction Hong Kong, 26 May 2013, lot 32
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

This work is accompanied by the registration card issued by the artist’s studio.

Specialist note

“What appealed to me most was the pumpkin’s generous unpretentiousness. That, and its solid spiritual base.” - Yayoi Kusama