Amour Pour Toujours (French for “Love Forever”), is a comprehensive collection of screenprints that captures Yayoi Kusama’s signature motifs in a vibrant and accessible format. The complete portfolio of 10 prints was published by FMR Trading Limited in Osaka, Japan, in an edition of 60.

Introduction

Published as a portfolio in 2000, Amour Pour Toujours comprises 10 screen-prints in bold colors, accompanied in the original portfolio by a poem written by Alain Jouffroy in French. The prints gather five of the artist’s most iconic motifs: butterflies, hats, pumpkins, flowers, and fruit baskets. Each motif is featured in two prints in two different colorways.
Pumpkins (Citrouille): Two prints, Citrouille I and Citrouille II, feature the artist’s iconic polka-dotted pumpkins.
Flowers (Tulipe): Two prints, Tulipe I and Tulipe II, depict tulips rendered in her bold, repetitive style.
Butterflies (Papillon): Two prints, Papillon I and Papillon II, feature polka-dotted butterflies.
Hats (Chapeau): Two prints, Chapeau I and Chapeau II, show a hat motif.
Fruit Baskets (Panier De Fruits): Two prints, Panier De Fruits I and Panier De Fruits II, focus on fruit baskets.
The entire set is presented in a specially crafted, handmade portfolio case made of embossed red leather and paper and signed by the artist. The portfolio was released in 2000, during a period of renewed mainstream and international acclaim for Kusama, who had returned to Japan in the 1970s and had been living voluntarily in a psychiatric hospital since 1977. It represents a culmination of decades of her artistic development, bringing together her core themes in a single collection.

The themes explored in Amour pour Toujours are an expression of Kusama’s life and her obsessive-compulsive neuroses. The repetitive, hallucinatory patterns, like the polka dots, are a physical representation of the idea of infinity and her attempt to visualize her inner world. The portfolio, with its “notable joie de vivre,” embodies Kusama’s peaceful and self-actualized attitude toward life. It uses everyday objects as symbols within a “vast, enlightened spirituality,” celebrating the mundane while connecting it to larger existential realities. The title itself, Amour pour Toujours (“Love forever”), suggests a sense of enduring connection and meaning.

While Yayoi Kusama’s art is often characterized by the use of two highly contrasting colors, with either black, yellow, or red together with white, in Amour Pour Toujours, the artist explores a larger color palette of 6 colors per print resulting in very bold visuals.

 

Amour pour Toujours, 2000

Amour Pour Toujours

The complete set of 10 screen-print in colors
Medium: Screen-print and lamé in colors on BFK Rives paper
Citrouille (I) & (II)
[4 screens, 4 colors, 6 runs] Lamé [2 colors]
Chapeau (I) & (II) ; Panier de Fruit (I) & (II);  Papillon (I) & (II)
[6 screens, 6 colors, 8 runs] Lamé [2 colors]
Tulipe (I) & (II)
[8 screens, 8 colors, 11 runs] Lamé [3 colors]
Year: 2000
Image: 38 x 45.5 cm (15 x 17.9 inches)
Sheet: 50×65 cm (19.7 x 25.6 inches)
8 Horizontal / 2 Vertical
Edition: 60
Artist’s Proofs:
Citrouille I (8 AP); Citrouille II (15 AP); Chapeau I & II (6 AP); Panier de Fruit (I) (5 AP); Papillon I & II (7 AP); Tulipe (I) & (II) (5 AP)
Hors Commerce:
Citrouille I & II (10 HC); Chapeau I & II & Papillon II (12 HC); Panier de Fruit I (11 HC); Papillon I & Tulipe (I) & (2)(13 HC)
Publisher: FMR Trading Limited, Hirakata
Printer: Atelier Eric Seydoux, Paris
Accompanying poem by Alain Jouffroy
Literature: ABE 282-291
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Numbers 282 to 291, Illustrated pp. 167-172

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge

1. Citrouille (I) (ABE 282)

2. Citrouille (II) (ABE 283)

3. Chapeau (I) (ABE 284)

4. Chapeau (II) (ABE 285)

5. Panier de Fruits (I) (ABE 286)

6. Panier de Fruits (II) (ABE 287)

7. Papillon (I) (ABE 288)

8. Papillon (II) (ABE 289)

9. Tulipe (I) (ABE 290)

10. Tulipe (II) (ABE 291)

 

 

 

2025 Auction Results

WORK IN PROGRESS

Citrouille (II) (ABE 283), 2000

Poly Auction Hong-Kong: 7 October 2025
Estimated: HKD 160,000 – 500,000
HKD 228,000 / USD 29,295

YAYOI KUSAMA
Citrouille (II) (ABE 283), 2000
Screenprint
Edition: 5/60 + HC 10 + AP 15
Editioned, titled and dated ‘5/60 Citrouille (II) 2000’ (lower left)
Signed ‘Yayoi Kusama’ (lower right)

Chapeau (I) (ABE 284), 2000

Poly Auction Hong-Kong: 7 October 2025
Estimated: HKD 140,000 – 340,000
HKD 168,000 / USD 21,585

YAYOI KUSAMA
Chapeau (I) (ABE 284), 2000
Screenprint
Edition: 10/60 + HC 12 + AP 5
Editioned, titled and dated ’10/60 Chapeau (I) 2000′ (lower left)
Signed ‘Yayoi Kusama’ (lower right)

Tulipe (I) (ABE 290), 2000

Poly Auction Hong-Kong: 7 October 2025
Estimated: HKD 120,000 – 320,000
HKD 144,000 / USD 18,505

YAYOI KUSAMA
Tulipe (I) (ABE 290), 2000
Screenprint
Edition: A.P./5 + edition of 60 + HC 13
Editioned, titled and dated ‘A.P. Tulipe (I) 2000’ (lower left)
Signed ‘Yayoi Kusama’ (lower right)

 

 

 

2024 Auction Results

WORK IN PROGRESS

Citrouille (I) (ABE 282), 2000

Mallet Japan: 14 December 2024
Estimated: JPY 4,000,000 – 6,000,000
JPY 11,500,000 (Hammer)
JPY 13,397,500 / USD 87,150

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Citrouille (I), 2000
Screenprint in colors
Signed, titled, dated and numbered from the edition of 60

Citrouille (II) (ABE 283), 2000

Mallet Japan: 10 October 2024
Estimated: JPY 4,000,000 – 6,000,000
JPY 7,800,000 (Hammer)
JPY 9,087,000 / USD 61,160

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Citrouille (II), 2000
Screenprint in colors
Signed, titled, dated and numbered from the edition of 60

Citrouille (II) (ABE 283), 2000

SBI Art Auction: 24 May 2024
Estimated: JPY 4,000,000 – 7,000,000
JPY 8,855,000 / USD 56,401

YAYOI KUSAMA
Citrouille II (Kusama 283), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
An Hors Commerce (HC) aside from the edition of 60

 

 

2023 Auction Results

WORK IN PROGRESS

Citrouille (I) (ABE 282), 2000

Christie’s London: 28 September 2023
Estimated: GBP 30,000 – 50,000
GBP 50,400 / USD 61,160

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Citrouille (I), from: Amour pour Toujours, 2000
Screenprint in colors with gold and silver glitter on BFK Rives wove paper
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 10/60 in pencil (there were also 15 artist’s proofs)

Chapeau (I) (ABE 284), 2000

Ravenel Taipei: 2 December 2023
Estimated: TWD 480,000 – 750,000
TWD 660,000 / USD 20,972

YAYOI KUSAMA
Chapeau (Ⅰ) (Kusama 284), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed lower right Yayoi Kusama
Titled lower center Chapeau (I) and dated 2000
Numbered lower left A.P.

Chapeau (I) (ABE 284), 2000

SBI Art Auction: 27 January 2023
Estimated: JPY 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
JPY 4,600,000 / USD 35,440

YAYOI KUSAMA
Hat (I) (Kusama 284), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered from the edition of 60

 

 

 

 

Citrouille (I) (ABE 282)

Citrouille (I)
from Amour Pour Toujours

Medium: Screenprint and lamé in colors on BFK Rives paper
[4 screens, 4 colors, 6 runs] Lamé [2 colors]
Year: 2000
Image: 38 x 45.5 cm (15 x 17.9 inches)
Sheet: 50×65 cm (19.7 x 25.6 inches)
Edition: 60
Artist’s Proofs: 8 AP
Hors Commerce: 10 HC
Publisher: FMR Trading Limited, Hirakata
Printer: Atelier Eric Seydoux, Paris
Accompanying poem by Alain Jouffroy
Literature: ABE 282
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Numbers 282, Illustrated pp. 167

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge

Auction Results

Mallet Japan: 14 December 2024
Estimated: JPY 4,000,000 – 6,000,000
JPY 11,500,000 (Hammer)
JPY 13,397,500 / USD 87,150

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Citrouille (I), 2000
Screenprint in colors
Signed, titled, dated and numbered from the edition of 60

Christie’s London: 28 September 2023
Estimated: GBP 30,000 – 50,000
GBP 50,400 / USD 61,160

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Citrouille (I), from: Amour pour Toujours, 2000
Screenprint in colors with gold and silver glitter on BFK Rives wove paper
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 10/60 in pencil (there were also 15 artist’s proofs)

SBI Art Auction: 28 October 2022
Estimated: JPY 4,000,000 – 7,000,000
JPY 12,075,000 / USD 82,545

YAYOI KUSAMA
Citrouille (Ⅰ) (Kusama 282), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 60

Ravenel Taipei: 4 December 2021
Estimated: TWD 900,000 – 1,400,000
TWD 1,860,000 / USD 67,100

YAYOI KUSAMA
Citrouille (Ⅰ) (Kusama 282), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed lower right Yayoi Kusama
Titled lower center Citrouille (I) and dated 2000
Numbered lower left A.P.

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 15 September 2020
Estimated: HKD 120,000 – 220,000
HKD 275,000 / USD 35,765

YAYOI KUSAMA
CITROUILLE (I), 2000
Screen-print and lamé
Signed, titled, dated 2000 and numbered 10/60

Citrouille (II) (ABE 283)

Citrouille (II)
from Amour Pour Toujours

Medium: Screenprint and lamé in colors on BFK Rives paper
[4 screens, 4 colors, 6 runs] Lamé [2 colors]
Year: 2000
Image: 38 x 45.5 cm (15 x 17.9 inches)
Sheet: 50×65 cm (19.7 x 25.6 inches)
Edition: 60
Artist’s Proofs: 15 AP
Hors Commerce: 10 HC
Publisher: FMR Trading Limited, Hirakata
Printer: Atelier Eric Seydoux, Paris
Accompanying poem by Alain Jouffroy
Literature: ABE 283
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Numbers 283, Illustrated pp. 167

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge

Auction Results

Poly Auction Hong-Kong: 7 October 2025
Estimated: HKD 160,000 – 500,000
HKD 228,000 / USD 29,295

YAYOI KUSAMA
Citrouille (II) (ABE 283), 2000
Screenprint
Edition: 5/60 + HC 10 + AP 15
Editioned, titled and dated ‘5/60 Citrouille (II) 2000’ (lower left)
Signed ‘Yayoi Kusama’ (lower right)

Mallet Japan: 10 October 2024
Estimated: JPY 4,000,000 – 6,000,000
JPY 7,800,000 (Hammer)
JPY 9,087,000 / USD 61,160

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Citrouille (II), 2000
Screenprint in colors
Signed, titled, dated and numbered from the edition of 60

SBI Art Auction: 24 May 2024
Estimated: JPY 4,000,000 – 7,000,000
JPY 8,855,000 / USD 56,401

YAYOI KUSAMA
Citrouille II (Kusama 283), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
An Hors Commerce (HC) aside from the edition of 60

Phillips Hong-Kong: 19 October 2020
Estimated: HKD 200,000 – 300,000
HKD 400,000 / USD 51,200

YAYOI KUSAMA
Citrouille (II), 2000
Screen-print in colors with lamé on smooth paper
Signed, titled, numbered and dated ‘H.C. “Citrouille (II)” 2000 Yayoi Kusama’ along the bottom edge

Chapeau (I) (ABE 284)

Chapeau (I)
from Amour Pour Toujours

Medium: Screenprint and lamé in colors on BFK Rives paper
[6 screens, 6 colors, 8 runs] Lamé [2 colors]
Year: 2000
Image: 38 x 45.5 cm (15 x 17.9 inches)
Sheet: 50×65 cm (19.7 x 25.6 inches)
Edition: 60
Artist’s Proofs: 6 AP
Hors Commerce: 12 HC
Publisher: FMR Trading Limited, Hirakata
Printer: Atelier Eric Seydoux, Paris
Accompanying poem by Alain Jouffroy
Literature: ABE 284
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Numbers 284, Illustrated pp. 168

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge

Auction Results

Poly Auction Hong-Kong: 7 October 2025
Estimated: HKD 140,000 – 340,000
HKD 168,000 / USD 21,585

YAYOI KUSAMA
Chapeau (I) (ABE 284), 2000
Screenprint
Edition: 10/60 + HC 12 + AP 5
Editioned, titled and dated ’10/60 Chapeau (I) 2000′ (lower left)
Signed ‘Yayoi Kusama’ (lower right)

Ravenel Taipei: 2 December 2023
Estimated: TWD 480,000 – 750,000
TWD 660,000 / USD 20,972

YAYOI KUSAMA
Chapeau (Ⅰ) (Kusama 284), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed lower right Yayoi Kusama
Titled lower center Chapeau (I) and dated 2000
Numbered lower left A.P.

SBI Art Auction: 27 January 2023
Estimated: JPY 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
JPY 4,600,000 / USD 35,440

YAYOI KUSAMA
Hat (I) (Kusama 284), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered from the edition of 60

K Auction Seoul: 24 November 2021
Estimated: KRW 35,000,000 – 50,000,000
KRW 40,250,000 / USD 33,875

YAYOI KUSAMA
Chapeau (Ⅰ), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered

Chapeau (II) (ABE 285)

Chapeau (II)
from Amour Pour Toujours

Medium: Screenprint and lamé in colors on BFK Rives paper
[6 screens, 6 colors, 8 runs] Lamé [2 colors]
Year: 2000
Image: 38 x 45.5 cm (15 x 17.9 inches)
Sheet: 50×65 cm (19.7 x 25.6 inches)
Edition: 60
Artist’s Proofs: 6 AP
Hors Commerce: 12 HC
Publisher: FMR Trading Limited, Hirakata
Printer: Atelier Eric Seydoux, Paris
Accompanying poem by Alain Jouffroy
Literature: ABE 285
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Numbers 285, Illustrated pp. 168

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge

Auction Results

SBI Art Auction: 28 October 2022
Estimated: JPY 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
JPY 7,705,000 / USD 52,670

YAYOI KUSAMA
Hat (II) (Kusama 285), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered from the edition of 60

Est-Ouest Auctions Tokyo: 13 March 2022
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 3,872,000 / USD 33,125

YAYOI KUSAMA
HAT (II), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the margin

Artcurial Paris: 24 November 2021
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 12,000
EUR 23,400 / USD 26,220

YAYOI KUSAMA
Chapeau (ⅠI), 2000
Color serigraphy with glitter
Signed, dated, titled and numbered 42/60

China Guardian Hong-Kong: 12 October 2021
Estimated: HKD 140,000 – 220,000
HKD 336,000 / USD 43,185

YAYOI KUSAMA (b.1929)
Chapeau II, 2000
Silkscreen print, lamé
Numbered A.P. , titled in French and dated on bottom left
Signed in English on bottom right
An artist’s proof aside from the edition of 60

 

Papillon (I) (ABE 288)

Papillon (I)
from Amour Pour Toujours

Medium: Screenprint and lamé in colors on BFK Rives paper
[6 screens, 6 colors, 8 runs] Lamé [2 colors]
Year: 2000
Image: 38 x 45.5 cm (15 x 17.9 inches)
Sheet: 50×65 cm (19.7 x 25.6 inches)
Edition: 60
Artist’s Proofs: 7 AP
Hors Commerce: 13 HC
Publisher: FMR Trading Limited, Hirakata
Printer: Atelier Eric Seydoux, Paris
Accompanying poem by Alain Jouffroy
Literature: ABE 288
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Numbers 288, Illustrated pp. 171

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge

Auction Results

Phillips Hong-Kong: 12 December 2025
Estimated: HKD 100,000 – 200,000
HKD 141,900 / USD 18,235
YAYOI KUSAMA
Papillon (I) (ABE 288), 2000
Screenprint on paper
Signed, titled, numbered and dated
‘H.C. “Papillon (I)” 2000 Yayoi Kusama’
Along the lower edge
This work is one of the 13 hors commerce impressions and an edition of 60

Artcurial Paris: 24 November 2021
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 12,000
EUR 23,400 / USD 26,220

YAYOI KUSAMA
Papillon (Ⅰ), 2000
Color serigraphy with glitter
Signed, dated, titled and numbered 42/60

K Auction Seoul: 29 September 2021
Estimated: KRW 25,000,000 – 50,000,000
KRW 59,800,000 / USD 50,455

YAYOI KUSAMA (b.1929)
Papillon (I), 2000
Silkscreen print, lamé
Signed, dated, titled and numbered on the front

 

Papillon (II) (ABE 289)

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 26 November 2019
Estimated: HKD 60,000 – 100,000
HKD 125,000 / USD 15,970

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Butterfly (II), 2000
Screenprint
Numbered, titled, dated and signed ‘24/60 Papillon (II) 2000 Yayoi Kusama’ (lower edge)

SBI Art Auction: 26 April 2019
Estimated: JPY 1,800,000 – 2,800,000
JPY 2,645,000 / USD 23,660

YAYOI KUSAMA (b.1929)
Papillon (II) (Kusama 289), 2000
Silkscreen print, lamé
Signed, dated, titled and numbered from the edition of 60

Tulipe (I) (ABE 290)

Tulipe (I)
from Amour Pour Toujours

Medium: Screenprint and lamé in colors on BFK Rives paper
[8 screens, 8 colors, 11 runs] Lamé [3 colors]
Year: 2000
Image: 45.5 x 38 cm (17.9 x 15 inches)
Sheet: 65×50 cm (25.6 x 19.7 inches)
Edition: 60
Artist’s Proofs: 5 AP
Hors Commerce: 13 HC
Publisher: FMR Trading Limited, Hirakata
Printer: Atelier Eric Seydoux, Paris
Accompanying poem by Alain Jouffroy
Literature: ABE 290
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Numbers 282 to 291, Illustrated pp. 172

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge

Auction Results

Poly Auction Hong-Kong: 7 October 2025
Estimated: HKD 120,000 – 320,000
HKD 144,000 / USD 18,505

YAYOI KUSAMA
Tulipe (I) (ABE 290), 2000
Screenprint
Edition: A.P./5 + edition of 60 + HC 13
Editioned, titled and dated ‘A.P. Tulipe (I) 2000’ (lower left)
Signed ‘Yayoi Kusama’ (lower right)

Ravenel Taipei: 2 December 2023
Estimated: TWD 480,000 – 750,000
TWD 460,000 / USD 14,617

YAYOI KUSAMA
Tulipe (Ⅰ) (Kusama 290), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed lower right Yayoi Kusama
Inscribed lower lower left A.P. Tulipe (I) and dated 2000

SBI Art Auction: 31 October 2020
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,300,000 / USD 21,990

YAYOI KUSAMA
Tulipe (Ⅰ) (Kusama 290), 2000
2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 60

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 19 May 2020
Estimated: HKD 80,000 – 120,000
HKD 118,750

YAYOI KUSAMA (b.1929)
TULIPE (I), 2000
Screen-print, lamé
Signed and titled in English, dated 2000 and numbered 23/60

 

Tulipe (II) (ABE 291)

K Auction Seoul: 17 March 2021
Estimated: KRW 22,000,000 – 40,000,000
KRW 39,100,000 / USD 34,850

YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B.1929)
Tulipe (II), 2000
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the front

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 26 May 2018
Estimated: HKD 100,000 – 200,000
HKD 175,000 / USD 22,310

YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B.1929)
Tulipe (II), 2000
Screen-print
Edition 10/60

 

Complete Sets

Mallet: 6 March 2025
Estimated: JPY 6,000,000 – 8,000,000
JPY11,500,000 (Hammer)
JPY 13,397,500 / USD 90,675
PARTIAL SET

YAYOI KUSAMA
Chapeau (II)/ Papillon (II)/ Tulipe (II)/ Portfolio Cover, from ‘Amour pour toujours’ ( Abe 285, 289, 291), 2000
A set of three screenprints in colors with lamé and a portfolio cover with embossed leatherwork on BFK Rives
Each print signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, numbered again on the justification
Signed and dated in ink on the leather work
From the edition of 60 (there were also 15 A.P.)

Phillips New-York: 21 October 2021
Estimated: USD 150,000 – 250,000
USD 466,200
COMPLETE SET

YAYOI KUSAMA
Amour pour Toujours (K. 282-291), 2000
The complete set of 10 screen-prints in colors with glitter, on Rives BFK paper,
All signed, titled, dated, and numbered 34/60 in pencil
Additionally signed and dated in gold ink on the portfolio

Ravenel Taiwan: 2 June 2019
Estimated: TWD 2,400,000 – 3,400,000
TWD 5,040,000 / USD 159,493
COMPLETE SET

YAYOI KUSAMA
Portfolio Amour pour Toujours (a set of 10), 2000
Screenprint, edition 57/60
Signed on the bottom Yayoi kusama in English and titled Tulipe(II), Tulipe(I), Panier de fruits(II), Citrouille(I), Papillon(I), Chapeau(I), Panier de fruits(I), Citrouille(II), Papillon(II), Chapeau(II) in French, dated 2000 and numbered 57/60