By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Yayoi Kusama - Rare historic mid 1960s "Floor Show" invitation announcement at Richard Castellane Gallery, New York, 1965
Offset lithograph poster, bearing Richard Castellane Gallery's distinctive stamp logo
Scarce and absolutely historic original exhibition poster invitation for Yayoi Kusama’s seminal 1965 exhibition at the Richard Castellane Gallery on Madison Avenue in York City – bearing Castellane Gallery's original official stamp on the verso.
This work has been framed in a museum quality painted wood frame under UV plexiglass, with a circular die-cut window in the back to reveal the distinctive Castellane Gallery logo.
Provenance: Estate of Richard Castellane
Measurements:
Framed
28.5 inches (vertical) by 23.5 inches (horizontal) by 2 inches
Poster
21 inches (vertical) by 16 inches (horizontal)
Background/Discussion
In November 1965, Yayoi Kusama debuted her historic "Floor Show" exhibition at the Castellane Gallery in New York City. The gallery was exclusively owned and operated by Richard Castellane, a pioneering Ivy league educated art dealer and Renaissance man who opened the venue on Madison Avenue in 1959. Castellane champion-funded Kusama’s career, actively sold her art, and personally amassed a massive collection of her pieces. (He also hosted groundbreaking exhibitions by artists such as Robert Smithson). Castellane described Kusama as entirely "fearless" and "gutsy," noting that she never demonstrated self-doubt despite navigating a highly exclusionary, white, male-dominated 1960s art market
Kusama’s 1965 "Floor Show" was one of the most vital moments in modern art history because it introduced the world's first-ever immersive mirror installation: Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli's Field.
The Installation: Inside an enclosed room, the floor was covered with hundreds of stuffed, fabric phallic sculptures...
Category
1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsOffset, Lithograph