Shellfish

Medium: Screenprint in colors on Izumi paper
[19 screens, 18 colors, 19 runs]
Year: 1989
Image: 45.4 x 52.8 cm (17.8 x 20.9 inches)
Sheet: 53.5 x 61 cm (21.1 x 24 inches)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 8 AP
Printer: Ishida Ryoichi, Tokyo
Literature: ABE 124
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Number 124, Illustrated page 82

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge

 

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Auction Results

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Ravenel Taipei: 2 June 2024
Estimated: TWD 480,000 – 700,000
TWD 900,000 / USD 27,778

YAYOI KUSAMA (Japanese, 1929)
Shellfish (ABE 124), 1989
Silkscreen
Signed lower right Yayoi Kusama
Numbered lower left 57/100
Titled lower center Shellfish in Kanji and dated 1989

K Auction Seoul: 28 June 2023
Estimated: KRW 28,000,000 – 45,000,000
KRW 32,200,000 / USD 24,830

YAYOI KUSAMA
Shellfish, 1989
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the front

SBI Art Auction: 28 January 2022
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 7,245,000 / USD 62,860

YAYOI KUSAMA
Shellfish (Kusama 124), 1989
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 100

Est-Ouest Auctions Tokyo: 18 November 2021
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 3,146,000 / USD 27,430

YAYOI KUSAMA
Shellfish, 1989
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the margin