Kusama Pumpkin, Naoshima - Red and black
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in London, GB
Yayoi Kusama Kusama Naoshima Pumpkin, 2019 Resin Height: 3.3 inches / 8.39 cm Diameter: 5.3 inches / 13.47 cm Open edition Comes with original box.
Resin
Naoshima Red Pumpkin
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Central, HK
Yayoi Kusama Naoshima Red Pumpkin, 2019 Resin Open edition 3 3/10 × 5 × 5 in 8.26 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm Published by Benesse Holdings, Inc., Naoshima, Japan
Resin
Naoshima Red Pumpkin. Resin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Accumulations, self-obliteration, polka dots, infinity nets, love forever, pumpkins are some of the themes recurrently appearing in her monumental production
Resin
Naoshima Yellow Pumpkin. Resin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Cast resin multiple painted in colors, 2016, with the artist's stamped signature and title on the underside, from a limited edition of undisclosed size, published by Benesse Holdings...
Resin
'Naoshima' Red Pumpkin Sculpture, Resin Pop Art, 2019, 3.75\" x 5.5\"
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
The ’Naoshima’ Red Pumpkin is a painted lacquer resin abstract sculpture and art object by legendary contemporary Artist, Yayoi Kusama.
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feat...
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feat...
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the ...
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the ...
Resin
Kusama Pumpkin Red and Black (Kusama Naoshima)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Takashi Murakami. Kusama Naoshima. Red Kusama pumpkin. Figurative sculpture.
Resin
Kusama Pumpkin Red and Black (Kusama Naoshima)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Takashi Murakami. Kusama Naoshima. Red Kusama pumpkin. Figurative sculpture.
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
YAYOI KUSAMA - Pumpkin (Yellow). Conceptualism, Contemporary, Modern art, Dots
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
YAYOI KUSAMA - Pumpkin (Yellow). Conceptualism, Contemporary, Modern art, Dots
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
YAYOI KUSAMA - Pumpkin (Yellow). Conceptualism, Contemporary, Modern art, Dots
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
YAYOI KUSAMA - Pumpkin (Yellow). Conceptualism, Contemporary, Modern art, Dots
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
YAYOI KUSAMA - Pumpkin (Yellow). Conceptualism, Contemporary, Modern art, Dots
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
YAYOI KUSAMA - Pumpkin (Yellow). Conceptualism, Contemporary, Modern art, Dots
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
YAYOI KUSAMA - Pumpkin (Yellow). Conceptualism, Contemporary, Modern art, Dots
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
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H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
Sold
H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
Sold
H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Yayoi Kusama - PUMPKIN (White) Conceptualism Contemporary Modern Art Dots Design
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Madrid, Madrid
This sculpture by Yayoi Kusama is a reproduction of the original, located at Naoshima Island, Japan. This huge pumpkin of almost 2 meters tall has turned into a tourist attraction fo...
Resin
Naoshima Pumpkin (Red)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Open edition New, as issued Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) Sold in the original box
Resin
Naoshima Pumpkin (Red)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast resin Open edition New, as issued Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) Sold in the original box
Resin
Naoshima Pumpkin (Red)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Open edition New, as issued Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) Sold in the original box
Resin
Naoshima Pumpkin (Red)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Open edition New, as issued Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) Sold in the original box
Resin
Naoshima Pumpkin (Red)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast resin Open edition Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) New, as issued Sold in the original box
Resin
Naoshima Pumpkin (Red)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast resin Open edition Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) New, as issued Sold in the original box
Resin
Kusama Naoshima Pumpkin (Kusama Red and Black pumpkin)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Takashi Murakami. Kusama Naoshima. Red Kusama pumpkin. Figurative sculpture.
Resin
Naoshima Red Pumpkin
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Central, HK
Yayoi Kusama Naoshima Red Pumpkin, 2019 Resin Open edition 3 3/10 × 5 × 5 in 8.26 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm Published by Benesse Holdings, Inc., Naoshima, Japan
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 2 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yellow/Black c. 2015; Red & Black Naoshima pumpkin c. 2019. 3.94 x 3.35 inches (yellow & black) & 5.4 x 3.4 inches (red & black).
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the ...
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 2 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yellow/Black c. 2015; Red & Black Naoshima pumpkin c. 2019. 3.94 x 3.35 inches (yellow & black) & 5.4 x 3.4 inches (red & black).
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the ...
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the ...
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the ...
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the ...
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the ...
Resin
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the ...
Resin
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feature the ...
Resin
Kusama Pumpkin pumpkin Red and Black (Kusama Naoshima)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Takashi Murakami. Kusama Naoshima. Red Kusama pumpkin. Figurative sculpture.
Resin
Kusama Pumpkin pumpkin Red and Black (Kusama Naoshima)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Takashi Murakami. Kusama Naoshima. Red Kusama pumpkin. Figurative sculpture.
Resin
Yayoi Kusama - Naoshima Red Pumpkin 2019
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Naoshima Red Pumpkin with the artist's copyright stamp and the title (on the underside) cast resin multiple painted in colors, with the original presentation box, new condition si...
Resin
Yayoi Kusama 'Naoshima Red Pumpkin', 2019
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Miami, FL
Yayoi Kusama was born in Matsumoto City, Japan in 1929 where she studied Nihonga painting, a formal style conceived during the Meiji period (1868–1912) to combat the influence of Wes...
Resin, Acrylic
'Naoshima’ Red Pumpkin, Pop Art Resin Sculpture
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Winning buyer: Try code FREESHIP at checkout for complimentary packing and shipping (exceptions do apply) 'Naoshima’ Red Pumpkin, Pop Art Resin Sculpture, 2019 Painted lacquer cast ...
Resin, Acrylic
'Naoshima’ Resin Pop Art Pumpkin Sculpture, 2019
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
The ’Naoshima’ Red Pumpkin is a painted lacquer resin abstract sculpture and art object by legendary contemporary Artist, Yayoi Kusama.
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic
'Naoshima’ Resin Pop Art Pumpkin Sculpture, 2019
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
The ’Naoshima’ Red Pumpkin is a painted lacquer resin abstract sculpture and art object by legendary contemporary Artist, Yayoi Kusama.
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic
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H 3.5 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in
'Naoshima’ Authorized Red Pumpkin, Pop Art Resin Sculpture
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Yayoi Kusama Naoshima’ Red Pumpkin, Pop Art Resin Sculpture, 2019 Painted lacquer cast resin in artist's designed box with artist authorized printed name Held in artist designed box ...
Resin, Acrylic
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H 3.35 in W 5.71 in D 5.71 in
Naoshima Red Pumpkin. Resin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Accumulations, self-obliteration, polka dots, infinity nets, love forever, pumpkins are some of the themes recurrently appearing in her monumental production
Resin
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H 3 in W 3.75 in D 3.27 in
Naoshima Yellow Pumpkin. Resin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Cast resin multiple painted in colors, 2016, with the artist's stamped signature and title on the underside, from a limited edition of undisclosed size, published by Benesse Holdings...
Resin
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H 2.96 in W 3.75 in D 3.15 in
Yayoi Kusama -- Yellow Pumpkin, limited Naoshima Edition 2016
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Limit Naoshima Edition, 2016 The artist's stamped signature on the bottom 7.5cm * 9.5 cm * 8 cm Brand new in the original box Published by Benesse Holdings, Inc., Naoshima Free ship...
Resin
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H 3.35 in W 5.71 in D 5.71 in
Naoshima Red Pumpkin. Resin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Accumulations, self-obliteration, polka dots, infinity nets, love forever, pumpkins are some of the themes recurrently appearing in her monumental production
Resin
Sold
H 3.35 in W 5.71 in D 5.71 in
Naoshima Red Pumpkin. Resin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Accumulations, self-obliteration, polka dots, infinity nets, love forever, pumpkins are some of the themes recurrently appearing in her monumental production
Resin
Sold
H 3.35 in W 5.71 in D 5.71 in
Naoshima Red Pumpkin. Resin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Accumulations, self-obliteration, polka dots, infinity nets, love forever, pumpkins are some of the themes recurrently appearing in her monumental production
Resin
Sold
H 3.35 in W 5.71 in D 5.71 in
Naoshima Red Pumpkin. Resin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Accumulations, self-obliteration, polka dots, infinity nets, love forever, pumpkins are some of the themes recurrently appearing in her monumental production
Resin
Sold
H 3 in W 3.75 in D 3.27 in
Naoshima Yellow Pumpkin. Resin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Cast resin multiple painted in colors, 2016, with the artist's stamped signature and title on the underside, from a limited edition of undisclosed size, published by Benesse Holdings...
Resin
Sculptural Wood Floor Lamp by Peter Bloch
Located in Miami, FL
An exceptional sculptural floor lamp by American woodworker Peter Bloch, known for his expressive, hand shaped lighting and distinctive wooden shades. Standing 67 inches tall, the la...
Wood
Red and Yellow Pumpkins (set of two)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Milano, MI
Yayoi Kusama dazzles audiences worldwide with her immersive “Infinity Mirror Rooms” and an aesthetic that embraces light, polka dots, and pumpkins. The avant-garde artist first rose ...
Resin
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin (NGV)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Central, HK
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin, 2025 Hand painted zinc alloy metal pumpkin with perforated dots Stamped signature to underside Edition 87/250 30.5 x 30.5 in 12 x 12 cm
Metal
Widely inspirational and innovative artist Yayoi Kusama has a body of work that is exceptionally varied, ranging from graphic prints and paintings to polka-dot pumpkin sculptures, hypnotic collages, large-scale installations and fashion design.
Even if you don’t know her name, you’ve likely experienced Kusama’s art — or have seen it on Instagram. Her soft sculptures and dazzling “Infinity Mirrors” are the stuff of selfie-takers’ dreams, but Kusama’s impressive decades-long career certainly holds far more cachet than it does fodder for today’s aspiring social-media influencers.
Born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929, Kusama has worked with her signature polka dots since the age of 10, when she began to experience vivid hallucinations and claimed that patterns and dots were moving around her, swallowing up everything in view. She started to incorporate them into her paintings as a child. Kusama saw circular forms and nets on every surface and became especially fascinated with the pebbles that lined the bottom of the creek near her childhood home. Her family was sternly opposed to her art and her mother physically abused Kusama and discouraged her at a very early age. She has suffered psychological turmoil her whole life and is vocal about her mental illness. Today, Kusama is a voluntary resident at a psychiatric facility in Tokyo, and she calls her work “art medicine.”
At the Kyoto School of Arts and Crafts, Kusama trained in Nihonga, a traditional style of Japanese painting that originated during the Meiji period. On advice she solicited from painter Georgia O'Keeffe, a pioneer of modernism in America whom she greatly admired, she subsequently moved to New York City in 1958. There, Kusama flourished, creating prescient sculptures and large-scale monochrome paintings that bridged current styles with minimalism, which hadn’t yet achieved any kind of prominence as an art movement. She pushed boundaries with her “Accumulations” series, which saw her transforming found furniture pieces into sexualized objects, as well as with an avant-garde staging of theatrical orgies on the street — both stemming from her anxieties about sex as well as an endeavor to make a feminist statement about patriarchal authority and sexism.
Kusama was captivated by Surrealists as well as the Abstract Expressionists and greatly influenced the Pop artists who followed, befriending such icons as Donald Judd — who called her work “the best paintings being done” — and Andy Warhol, with whom she exhibited and later accused of stealing her ideas. Kusama moved with ease through artistic circles and made a point to draw attention to her “otherness” as a Japanese woman by wearing kimonos to her openings.
In 2021, Kusama brought her floral and vegetal sculptures to the New York Botanical Garden and her works can be found in the collections of many of the world’s top museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. She famously collaborated with Louis Vuitton in 2012, and she created a 34-foot-tall balloon for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan in 2019, becoming the first female artist to design a work for the event. In addition to her visual artwork, Kusama is a writer, publishing poetry, novels and an autobiography.
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The history of sculpture as we know it is believed to have origins in Ancient Greece, while small sculptural carvings are among the most common examples of prehistoric art. In short, sculpture as a fine art has been with us forever. A powerful three-dimensional means of creative expression, sculpture has long been most frequently associated with religion — consider the limestone Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt — while the tradition of collecting sculpture, which has also been traced back to Greece as well as to China, far precedes the emergence of museums.
Technique and materials in sculpture have changed over time. Stone sculpture, which essentially began as images carved into cave walls, is as old as human civilization itself. The majority of surviving sculpted works from ancient cultures are stone. Traditionally, this material and pottery as well as metal — bronze in particular — were among the most common materials associated with this field of visual art. Artists have long sought new ways and materials in order to make sculptures and express their ideas. Material, after all, is the vehicle through which artists express themselves, or at least work out the problems knocking around in their heads. It also allows them to push the boundaries of form, subverting our expectations and upending convention. As an influential sculptor as much as he was a revolutionary painter and printmaker, Pablo Picasso worked with everything from wire to wood to bicycle seats.
If you are a lover of art and antiques or are thinking of bringing a work of sculpture into your home for the first time, there are several details to keep in mind. As with all other works of art, think about what you like. What speaks to you? Visit local galleries and museums. Take in works of public art and art fairs when you can and find out what kind of sculpture you like. When you’ve come to a decision about a specific work, try to find out all you can about the piece, and if you’re not buying from a sculptor directly, work with an art expert to confirm the work’s authenticity.
And when you bring your sculpture home, remember: No matter how big or small your new addition is, it will make a statement in your space. Large- and even medium-sized sculptures can be heavy, so hire some professional art handlers as necessary and find a good place in your home for your piece. Whether you’re installing a towering new figurative sculpture — a colorful character by KAWS or hyperreal work by Carole A. Feuerman, perhaps — or an abstract work by Won Lee, you’ll want the sculpture to be safe from being knocked over. (You’ll find that most sculptures should be displayed at eye level, while some large busts look best from below.)
On 1stDibs, find a broad range of exceptional sculptures for sale. Browse works by your favorite creator, style, period or other attribute.