$66,038
H 18.9 in W 25.2 in
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin 2000 Green Screenprint, Signed, 17/100
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in colours, on Colorplan paper with full margins Edition 17 of 100 Signed, numbered, dated and titled on the front Pristine Published by Serpentine Gallery Catalog Raison...
Screen
Pumpkin sculpture with holes By Yayoi Kusama
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Pumpkin sculpture with holes By Yayoi Kusama Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artist known for her avant-garde and immersive installations, often featuring polka dots and mi...
Metal
$188,900
H 3.25 in Dm 3.5 in
Yayoi Kusama -Original HAND SIGNED 7/30 Pumpkin (Red) Sculpture on base with box
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
The title is printed in Japanese and reads 'Red Pumpkin' and is signed and numbered on the underside of the artwork ‘Yayoi Kusama 7/30’.
Ceramic, Resin, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
Pumpkin (White Y) (Kusama 150)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint Edition of 120 70.8 x 84 cm (27.9 x 33 in) Signed, titled, dated and numbered on front Artwork in excellent condition. Minor imperfections may appear due to the age of th...
Screen
$66,038
H 14.97 in W 12.8 in
Contemporary Pumpkin Screenprint on Arches Paper, Signed, 21st Century
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in colours, on Arches paper, with full margins Edition 77 of 120 38 x 32.5 cm (15 x 12.8 in) 44.5 x 36.5 x 2.5 cm, 17.5 x 14.4 x 1 in Signed, numbered, dated and titled o...
Screen
$71,428
H 32.88 in W 27.76 in
Signed Pumpkin Screenprint, Contemporary, 20th Century, Ed. 102/120
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint Edition 102 of 120 83.5 × 70.5 cm (32.9 x 27.8 in) Signed, titled, dated and numbered on front Artwork in excellent condition considering its age. Only visible under stud...
Screen
Yellow Pumpkin
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Resin with original box Edition 17 of 30 8 × 9.2 × 9.7 cm (3 x 3.6 x 3.8 in) Signed and numbered on the bottom of sculpture. Signed, titled and numbered on the box Condition upon req...
Resin
Pumpkin MT
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1999 Screenprint in colors, on wove paper Sheet: 23 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. Edition of 110 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin Authenticated by Kusama Studio, Tokyo a...
Paper, Screen
Pumpkin (2)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1990 Screenprint in colors, on Izumi paper Sheet: 63 x 53 cm Edition of 150 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin Framed, excellent condition
Paper, Screen
Pumpkin 2000 (Green)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
2000 Screenprint in colors, on wove paper Sheet: 18 1/4 x 24 in. Edition of 100 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Paper, Screen
Unavailable
H 4.2 in W 1 in L 7.75 in
Louis Vuitton Limited Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin Dots Zippy 24lz1129 Red
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Date Code/Serial Number: MI2102 Made In: France Measurements: Length: 7.75" Width: 1" Height: 4.2" OVERALL GOOD- CONDITION ( 6.75/10 or B- ) Signs of Wear: Exterior: rubs on print, ...
Yayoi Kusama 'Pumpkin (2002)' 2005- Offset Lithograph
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches ( 38.1 x 27.94 cm ) Image Size: 9.75 x 8 inches ( 24.765 x 20.32 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Details...
Offset
Yayoi Kusama "Pumpkin 2000 (Red)" Screenprint
Located in Astoria, NY
Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929), "Pumpkin 2000 (Red)", Screenprint in Black and Red on Wove Paper, 2000. signed in pencil lower right, titled lower center, and numbered "16/100" low...
Paper
Sold
H 5.63 in W 5.63 in D 6.5 in
Mirror Box Type B (2001) Limited Edition Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Screenprinted box with mirror, plexi, metal balls and lenses, signed in silver ink and numbered 21/280 on label underside, published by Okabe Print Editions Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan ...
Metal
Pumpkin BSQ
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, 1998, signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 120, printed on Arches paper by Okabe Tokuzo, Japan, 39.5 x 38 cm Kusama 244 The significance of p...
Pumpkin
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Lithograph AP of 3 aside from main edition of 100 27 x 33.5 cm (10.6 x 13.2 in) Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the front Condition on request This artwork is framed Plea...
Lithograph
Pumpkin (R)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in colours on Verin d'Arches paper Edition of 150 + AP15 + PP4 28.2 x 37.5 cm (11.1 x 14.8 in) (Frame 40 x 46 x 3.5 cm / 15.8 x 18.1 x 1.4 in) Signed, numbered, dated an...
Screen
Pumpkin (White T)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, 1992, on Arches, signed, titled and dated in Japanese, and numbered from the edition of 120 in pencil, printed by Tokuzo Okabe, Tokyo, with full margins, imag...
Screen
Pumpkin 2000 (Yellow)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in colours on wove paper Edition of 200 48 x 63.5 cm (18.9 x 25 in) Signed, numbered and titled on the front Artwork in excellent condition considering its age. Only visi...
Screen
Pumpkin 2000 (Yellow)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in colours on wove paper Edition of 200 (53 x 68.8 cm, 21.1 x 27.1 in) Signed, numbered and titled on the front Artwork in excellent condition considering its age. Under ...
Screen
Sold
H 23.12 in W 19.1 in
Pumpkin (Kusama 25) Screenprint, Contemporary, Signed, 20th Century
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint Edition 18 of 75 58.7 x 48.5 cm (23.1 x 19.1 in) Signed, numbered, titled and dated on front Artwork in excellent condition. Colours are strong, with clear markings. Mino...
Screen
A Pumpkin BB-C (330, Kusama)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
This is the dazzling coveted blue pumpkin lithograph, pencil signed lower right, titled lower center, dated lower left and pencil numbered 36/80 (there were 8 artist’s proofs and 5 p...
Screen, Pencil
Pumpkin 2000
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in London, GB
screenprint in colour, 2000, signed, titled and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 200, printed by K2 Screen, London, published by the Serpentine Gallery, London, on 270 ...
Screen
Pumpkin (Yellow and Black)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast resin Open edition Not signed or numbered New. Sold in the original box Benesse Museum, Japan Our mission is to connect art collectors to opportunity. Whether it be figurative,...
Resin
Pumpkin (Yellow and Black)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Open edition Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) New, as issued Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Red and White)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Open edition Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) New, as issued Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Yellow and Black)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast resin Open edition Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) New, as issued Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Yellow and Black)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast resin Open edition Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) New, as issued Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Yellow and Black)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast resin Open edition Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) New, as issued Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Red and White)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast resin Open edition Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) New, as issued Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Yellow and Black)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast resin Open edition Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) New, as issued Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Yellow and Black)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast resin Open edition Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) New, as issued Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Red and White)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast resin Open edition Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) New, as issued Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Yellow and Black)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Cast resin Open edition Stamped on base (not signed or numbered) New, as issued Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Red and White)
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 packaging Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Red and White)
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 packaging Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Red and White)
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 packaging Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Red and White)
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 packaging Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin (Red and White)
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 packaging Benesse Museum, Japan
Resin
Pumpkin and Fruits
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1993 Screenprint in colors, on Vérin d'Arches paper 13 x 17 in. (33 x 43.2 cm) Edition of 160 Signed, titled, dated and numbered '35/160' in pencil, lower margin Framed, pristine con...
Paper, Screen
Pumpkin
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Tokyo, 13
LOT:20230708N01 Yayoi Kusama [Pumpkin] Medium: Lithograph, collage Signed by the artist, titled, dated 1982, and numbered AP Edition 27.0 x 33.5 cm / 15.5 x 22.3 cm (Sheet/Image) Pri...
Lithograph
Pumpkin (GT)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Tokyo, 13
LOT:20200704M21 Yayoi Kusama [Pumpkin (GT)] Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil Edition 70 of 120 Catalogue Raisonné: YAYOI KUSAMA PRINTS, 1979-2017, ABE Publishing Ltd., p....
Screen
Pumpkin
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint and collage Sheet: 10 3/5 x 8 3/10 in. Edition of 135 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil
Screen
Pumpkin
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
2000 Screenprint and collage Sheet: 10 3/5 x 8 3/10 inches Edition of 135 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil Framed, mint condition
Screen
Pumpkin
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
2000 Screenprint in colors & collage 12 3/5 x 20 3/10 in. (32 x 51.5 cm) Edition of 135 Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil
Screen
Pumpkin
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
2000 Screenprint in colors and collage on wove paper Sheet: 10 3/5 x 8 3/10 in. Edition of 135 Signed, titled (in Japanese), dated and numbered in pencil Framed
Fabric, Screen
A Pumpkin (BY)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Tokyo, 13
LOT:20230901S01 Yayoi Kusama [A Pumpkin (BY)] Screenprint, lamé Artist signed, titled, dated 2004 and numbered in pencil Edition 29 of 120 38.3 x 45.5 cm / 27 x 32.5 cm (Sheet/Image)...
Screen
Napping Pumpkin
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in colors Sheet: 24 2/5 x 29 4/5 in. Edition of 120 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil
Screen
Pumpkin (GT)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in colors Sheet: 29 4/5 x 22 4/5 in. Edition of 120 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil
Screen
Pumpkin (G)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1992 Screenprint in colors, on wove paper Sheet: 28 x 37.3 cm Edition of 150 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin Framed, pristine condition
Paper, Screen
Pumpkin B
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
2000 Screenprint in colors, on mirror film S. 27 x 21 cm Edition of 100 Signed, titled, dated and numbered '62/100' in marker, lower margin Framed, pristine condition
Film, Screen
Three Pumpkins
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1993 Screenprint in colors, on wove paper Image size: 9.5 x 13 in. (24.2 x 33 cm) Sheet size: 13 1/8 x 17 in. (33.5 x 43 cm) Edition of 160 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in p...
Paper, Screen
Pumpkin (YT)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1996 Screenprint in colors, on wove paper Sheet: 12 3/5 x 10 3/5 in. Edition of 120 Signed, titled (in Japanese), dated and numbered in pencil Framed
Screen
A Pumpkin (RT)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint with lame Sheet: 17 1/2 x 15 1/5 in. Edition of 120 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil
Screen
A Pumpkin (RT)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
2004 Screenprint in colors with lame, the full sheet Sheet: 17 7/8 x 15 in. Edition of 120 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin Framed
Screen
Pumpkin 2000 (Red)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
2000 Screenprint in colors, on Colorplan paper, with full margins Sheet: 18 7/8 x 25 1/4 in. Edition of 100 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil
Screen
A Pumpkin (RT)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
2004 Screenprint in colors with lame, on wove paper Sheet: 17 7/8 x 15 in. Edition of 120 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin Framed
Paper, Screen
Red Colored Pumpkin
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1994 Screenprint in colors, on wove paper S. 21 5/8 x 25 in. Edition of 98 Signed, titled, dated and numbered '76/98' in pencil, lower margin Framed, pristine condition
Paper, Screen
Yellow Colored Pumpkin
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1994 Screenprint in colors, on wove paper Image: 17 7/8 x 20 5/8 in.; Sheet: 21 5/8 x 25 in. Edition of 98 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin Framed, pristine...
Paper, Screen
A Pumpkin (T)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
2003 Screenprint in colors, on wove paper Sheet: 17 9/10 x 15 in. Edition of 150 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil Framed
Screen
A Pumpkin (T)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
2003 Screenprint in colors, on Vérin d'Arches paper 17 7/8 x 15 1/8 in. (45.4 x 38.4 cm) Edition of 150 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin Framed
Paper, Screen
A Pumpkin BB-C
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
2004 Screenprint in colors, on wove paper 13 x 15 1/3 in. (33 x 39 cm) Edition of 80 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin Framed, excellent condition
Paper, Screen
La bleue (Pumpkin BB-C)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in colors Sheet: 9 2/5 x 11 1/5 in. Edition of 80 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil
Screen
Sold
H 11 in W 23.5 in
Yayoi Kusama "Pumpkin" 1991; Silkscreen; 11 x 23 1/2 inches; Edition of 250
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Yayoi Kusama "Pumpkin" 1991 Silkscreen 11 x 23 1/2 inches Edition of 250, signed and numbered Known for her Mirrored Rooms, Kusama is one of the most important and interesting living...
Screen
$749
H 17.75 in W 23 in D 0.05 in
Vintage Andy Warhol Perrier Poster, Original 1983 Pop Art Lithograph, Mint
By Andy Warhol
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1983 Andy Warhol Perrier Poster – Authentic Pop Art Masterpiece. Grade A. Preserved in mint condition, this poster is a rare find for serious collectors of Andy Warhol and...
Offset
$994,665
H 82.68 in Dm 76.78 in
Exceptional Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, L-A Marquis, France, C. 1860
By Maison Marquis
Located in PARIS, FR
This very important 96-lights chandelier made entirely in chiseled and gilded bronze in the Renaissance style, is composed at the lower part of six large sets of ten light-arms, ador...
Crystal, Bronze
Geometric Mid Century Open Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
Finished in Batavia Black with a Sandbar finish interior, this bookcase showcases rhythmic, crescent-shaped oval cut-outs that form an architectural silhouette—an homage to the sculp...
Wood
Original Eames Fiberglass Shell Chairs by Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1960s molded fiberglass side shell chairs designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. Gleaming shells are in original condition, each with a distinct thready texture...
Fiberglass
$1,212 / item
H 27.56 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
1970s Industrial Polished Aluminium Brass & Glass Edison Flameproof Strip Light
By Daeyang
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Reclaimed vintage industrial Korean flameproof striplight made by Daeyang in the 1970's with highly polished finish. Original item salvaged from supertankers and military vessels t...
Aluminum, Brass
$6,904 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Neatly proportioned with exceptional detailing, the constant nightstand is your perfect bedside partner. In our furniture making, the IDEA is to create special pieces that you can bu...
Hardwood
$69,744
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in
Four Soup Cans - Gold on Cream Screen Print, Signed, 21st Century
By Banksy
Located in Bristol, GB
Screen print in colours on 250mg cartridge paper Edition 19 of 54 Signed, numbered and dated on the front Mint. Sold with COA from Pest Control
Screen
$195,000
H 25 in W 20.5 in
Pablo Picasso, "Tête de Femme", original linoleum cut, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original linoleum cut in color by Pablo Picasso, 1962. It is hand signed and numbered 40/50 from the edition of 50; there were also 35 artist's proofs. This piece is...
Linocut
$1,714 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 43.31 in
Contemporary Art Deco Mint green and Red powder coated Carousel 5 arms pendant
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Carousel suspension lamp has a delicate balance of form and function that produces a quiet, modern light ambiance for all to savour, with its Contemporary Art Deco lines. The struct...
Metal
Balloon Dog (Blue)
By Jeff Koons
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
Balloon Dog (Blue) 2021. Porcelain with metallic chromatic coating Limited edition of 69/799 ex. Certificate of authenticity and the original box. Incised signature, edition number,...
Metal
$10,765Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.75 in W 18.12 in
Still Life with Oysters - The earliest known still life in Swedish art history
Located in Stockholm, SE
This previously unpublished painting was first securely attributed to Govert Dircksz Camphuysen in 1944, following an examination at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm during which the ...
Oak, Oil, Wood Panel
$1,472Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.96 in W 12.99 in D 8.66 in
Playing Cards Box by Piero Fornasetti, Walnut Wood, Vintage 1970s
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
A stunning 1960s original playing cards box designed by the legendary Italian artist Piero Fornasetti, crafted in walnut wood. This exceptional piece showcases Fornasetti's iconic ae...
Wood, Walnut
$21,000
H 25.4 in W 16.7 in
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Yayoi Kusama, 2012, signed and numbered
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Edition 25/111. Screenprint in color. Image: 36.5 x 29.3 cm. Sheet: 64.5×42.4 cm. Published in 2012 by Louis Vuitton France on Somerset Paper The i...
Screen
$583
H 38.59 in W 27.17 in D 11.42 in
Vintage Industrial blue Airplane trolley, The Netherlands ca. 1980
Located in Meulebeke, BE
The Netherlands / 1980 / Airplane Trolley / aluminum, wood / Vintage / Mid-Century / Industrial Vintage airplane catering trolley in blue from the Netherlands around 1980. With sto...
Aluminum
$595,000
H 22.05 in W 29.92 in
Dumbo Screen Print with Hand-Finished Watercolor, Signed, 2014, Pest Control COA
By Banksy
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print & hand-finished watercolor on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Pest Control included. Banksy’s Dumbo is an extremely rare Banksy print. It was never ...
Paper, Screen, Watercolor
$975,000
H 31.5 in W 23.5 in
Playboy Bunny, Synthetic Polymer Drawing, 1985, Warhol Foundation Stamped
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Synthetic polymer drawing on paper. Unsigned. Warhol Foundation stamp on verso. Sheet size 31.5 x 23.5 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Artwork is in excellent condition. Cert...
Paper, Polymer
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.
Find a collection of Yayoi Kusama art on 1stDibs.
Once built for curbs and handrails, these boards now hang beside blue-chip works in major museums and collectors’ homes.
In Repetition GL.A, polka-dotted protuberances rise from a surface of rippling net. Here’s what makes the piece so rare.