Live Auction 2139021st Century Art Day Sale
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Lot 313

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)

Butterfly

Closed29 May 2023

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HKD 4,662,000

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YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Butterfly
signed and dated ‘1982 Yayoi Kusama’, titled in Japanese (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
38 x 46 cm. (15 x 18 1/8 in.)
Painted in 1982

Private collection, Japan

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

Specialist note

I’m like a butterfly fluttering over hills and fields in search of a place to die... All I want is for human beings of every era to breathe the spirit and energy of their times and to face the future undaunted, with crimson flowers blooming.
- YAYOI KUSAMA