Live Auction 1990021st Century Art Day Sale
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Lot 188

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)

Red Flower and a Shoe

Closed27 May 2022

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HKD 4,032,000

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YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Red Flower and a Shoe
signed and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 1979’ (upper left); signed and titled in Japanese, dated ‘1979’ (on the reverse)
gouache and pastel on paper
50.8 x 65.4 cm. (20 x 25 3⁄4 in.)
Painted in 1979

Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco
Private Collection
LVH Art, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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

Specialist note

“I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.” - YAYOI KUSAMA