Yayoi Kusama’s art features numerous flowers, that the artist depicts with numerous different colors, mostly within her iconic infinity nets background. Flowers carry a strong symbolism of metamorphosis linked to seasonal changes in Japan.
Flowers (1)-(5)
Medium: Screenprint in colors on Kakita-shi paper with Lame
[4 screens, 4 colors, 5 runs]
Year: 1999
Image: 54×45 cm (21.3 x 17.7 inches)
Sheet: 70×59 cm (27.6 x 23.2 inches)
Edition: 60
Artist’s Proofs: 6 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 5 PP
Printer: Okabe Tokuzo, Tokyo
Literature: ABE 268-272
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Numbers 268 to 272, Illustrated pages 159 to 161
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge
1. Flowers (1) (ABE 268)
2. Flowers (2) (ABE 269)
3. Flowers (3) (ABE 270)
4. Flowers (4) (ABE 271)
5. Flowers (5) (ABE 272)
Auction Results
1. Flowers (1) (ABE 268)
SBI Art Auction: 14 July 2023
Estimated: JPY 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
JPY 4,370,000 / USD 31,656
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers (1) (Kusama 268), 1999
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 60
2. Flowers (2) (ABE 269)
Mainichi Auction: 14 July 2023
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 3,220,000 / USD 23,207 (Incl. Premium)
3. Flowers (3) (ABE 270)
K Auction: 28 June 2023
Estimated: KRW 35,000,000 – 70,000,000
KRW 40,250,000 / USD 31,127
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers (3), 1999
Screenprint, lame
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the front
4. Flowers (4) (ABE 271)
Phillips online: 3 May 2024
Estimated: HKD 140,000 – 240,000
HKD 190,500 / USD 24,361
Yayoi Kusama – Modern & Contemporary Ar… Lot 8 April 2024 | Phillips
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers (4), 1999
Screenprint with Lamé
Signed ‘Yayoi Kusama’ lower right; titled, numbered and dated ‘P.P. “Flowers (4)” [in Japanese] 1999’ lower left
This work is a printer’s proof from an edition of 60 plus 6 artist’s proofs and 5 printer’s proofs
Bonhams Hong-Kong: 26 May 2022
Estimated: HKD 80,000 – 120,000
HKD 355,800 / USD 45,326
Screen-print with Lame
Signed on the lower right, titled, dated 1999 and numbered P.P. on the lower left (ed. 60, AP6, PP5)
5. Flowers (5) (ABE 272)
Estimated: JPY 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
JPY6,325,000 / USD 42,060
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers (5) (Kusama 272), 1999
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 60
K Auction Seoul: 27 January 2022
Estimated: KRW 35,000,000 – 70,000,000
KRW 41,400,000 / USD 34,364
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers (5), 1999
Screenprint and lame
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the front