
Shoes
Medium: Lithograph in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
[2 plates, 2 colors, 2 runs]
Year: 1984
Image: 31.2 x 40.7 cm (12.3 x 16 inches)
Sheet: 43 x 56.5 cm (16.9 x 22.2 inches)
Edition: 30
Artist’s Proofs: 3 AP
Printer’s Proof: 1 PP
Printer: Kimura Kihachi, Tokyo
Literature: ABE 43-45
ABE Publishing Ltd., Yayoi Kusama: Prints 1979-2017, Tokyo, 2017, Numbers 43 to 45, Illustrated pages 36
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge
1. Shoes (ABE 43)

2. Shoes (ABE 44)

3. Shoes (ABE 45)

Table of Contents
Shoes (ABE 43)
SBI Art Auction: 1 February 2020
Estimated: JPY 1,600,000 – 2,600,000
JPY 1,840,000 / USD 16,897

YAYOI KUSAMA
Shoes (Kusama 43), 1984
Lithograph
Signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 30
Shoes (ABE 44)
Sotheby’s London: 26 September 2018
Estimated: GBP 5,000 – 7,000
GBP 11,875 / USD 15,645

YAYOI KUSAMA
Shoes, 1984
Lithograph printed in colors on sturdy wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 11/30
Shoes (ABE 45)
Phillips New-York: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 25,000
USD 20,320
YAYOI KUSAMA
Shoes (K. 45), 1984
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper
Signed, dated and numbered 6/30 in pencil
(there were also 3 artist’s proofs)
Est-Ouest Auctions Tokyo: 13 March 2022
Estimated: JPY 1,200,000 – 1,700,000
JPY 2,662,000 / USD 22,775

YAYOI KUSAMA
SHOES, 1984
Lithograph
Signed, dated and numbered in the margin
