Live Auction 22044Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Lot 173

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)

Fortress of Life

Closed12 May 2023

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USD 180,000–250,000

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YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Fortress of Life
signed, titled in Japanese, and dated 'YAYOI KUSAMA 1999' (on the reverse)
metallic paint on sewn, stuffed fabric and wood assemblage
11 7/8 x 47 7/8 x 8 in. (30.2 x 121.6 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1999.

MOMA Contemporary, Fukuoka, Japan
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

"My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings." – Yayoi Kusama (Y. Kusama, quoted in G. Turner, "Yayoi Kusama", BOMB Magazine, no. 66, January 1999).