Pumpkin, Lemon Squash, Weeds
from Specially Bound Edition YAYOI KUSAMA: PRINT WORKS
Pumpkin
Medium: Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
[2 screens, 2 colors, 2 runs]
Lemon Squash
Medium: Lithograph in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
[2 plates, 2 colors, 2 runs]
Weeds
Medium: Etching Verin d’Arches paper
[2 plates, 2 colors, 2 runs]
Year: 1992
Image: 27.5 x 22 cm (15×18 inches)
Sheet: 49.5 x 57 cm (19.5 x 22.4 inches)
Edition: 150
Artist’s Proofs: 20 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 2 PP (5 PP for Pumpkin) (Sheet only)
Hors Commerce: 10 HC
Publisher: ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Tokyo
Printer: Okabe Tokuzo, Tokyo (for Pumpkin); Kimura Kihachi (for Lemon Squash and Weeds)
Printed for Specially Bound Edition YAYOI KUSAMA: PRINT WORKS
Literature: ABE 157-159
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Numbers 157-159, Illustrated page 102
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge
1. Pumpkin (ABE 157)
2. Lemon Squash (ABE 158)
3. Weeds (ABE 159)
Auction Results
Mainichi Auction: 18 October 2025
Estimated: JPY 1,700,000 – 2,200,000
JPY 2,530,000 / USD 16,805
YAYOI KUSAMA
Lemon Squash, 1992
from YAYOI KUSAMA: PRINT WORKS (specially bound edition)
ABE publishing (2017) No.158
Lithograph
Signed in the lower right margin
Titled, dated and ed.150 in the lower left margin
With a sticker of Umi gallery
SBI Art Auction: 26 May 2023
Estimated: JPY 7,000,000 – 10,000,000
JPY 8,395,000 / USD 34,339
YAYOI KUSAMA
1. Pumpkin (Kusama 157)／2. Lemon Squash (Kusama 158)／3. Weeds (Kusama 159), 1992
[1] Screenprint [2] Lithograph [3] Etching, with art book and original case
Signed, titled, dated and numbered (each), Signed and dated on the original case, Signed on the art book
From the edition of 150
SBI Art Auction: 27 January 2023
Estimated: JPY 7,000,000 – 10,000,000
JPY 11,155,000 / USD 85,935
YAYOI KUSAMA
1. Pumpkin (Kusama 157)／2. Lemon Squash (Kusama 158)／3. Weeds (Kusama 159), 1992
[1] Screenprint [2] Lithograph [3] Etching, with art book and original case
Signed, titled, dated and numbered (each), Signed and dated on the original case, Signed on the art book
From the edition of 150
Ravenel Taipei: 2 December 2022
Estimated: TWD 160,000 – 240,000
TWD 204,000 / USD 6,669
YAYOI KUSAMA (Japanese, 1929)
Weeds, 1992
Etching
Signed lower right Yayoi Kusama
Titled lower left Weeds in Japanese, numbered 73/150 and dated 1992
Ravenel Taipei: 2 December 2022
Estimated: TWD 240,000 – 360,000
TWD 264,000 / USD 8,630
YAYOI KUSAMA (Japanese, 1929)
Lemon Squash, 1992
Lithograph
Signed lower right Yayoi Kusama
Titled lower left Weeds in Japanese, numbered 73/150 and dated 1992
Est-Ouest Auctions Tokyo: 18 November 2021
Estimated: JPY 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
JPY 15,730,000 / USD 137,155
YAYOI KUSAMA
(1) PUMPKIN (2) LEMON SQUASH (3) WEEDS, 1992
THREE WORKS FROM SPECIALLY BOUND EDITION “YAYOI KUSAMA: PRINT WORKS”
(1) Screenprint (2) Lithograph (3) Etching, with art book and original case
Each signed, titled, dated and numbered on the margin
Est-Ouest Auctions Tokyo: 1 October 2021
Estimated: JPY 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
JPY 15,730,000 / USD 140,460
YAYOI KUSAMA
(1) PUMPKIN (2) LEMON SQUASH (3) WEEDS, 1992
THREE WORKS FROM SPECIALLY BOUND EDITION “YAYOI KUSAMA: PRINT WORKS”
(1) Screenprint (2) Lithograph (3) Etching, with art book and original case
Each signed, titled, dated and numbered on the margin
Christie’s Hong-Kong: 27 May 2018
Estimated: HKD 240,000 – 280,000
HKD 375,000 / USD 34,339
YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929)
Pumpkin; Lemon Squash; & Weeds, 1992
Screenprint; lithograph; & etching
Numbered ‘33/150’, titled in Japanese, dated and signed ‘1992 yayoi Kusama’ (on each of the bottom edge)
This work is accompanied by an original box signed by the artist