Book To Read at Night A-E
The complete set of five screen-prints in colors
Medium: Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
[4 screens, 3 colors, 4 runs]
Year: 2004
Image: 16×23 cm (6.2 x 9 inches)
Sheet: 24×31 cm (9.5 x 12.2 inches)
Edition: 95
Artist’s Proofs: 13 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 1 PP
Hors Commerce: 11 HC
Printer: Ishida Ryoichi, Tokyo
Publisher: TOKI-NO-WASUREMONO, Takeda, Bijyutsu, Tokyo
Literature: ABE 338-342
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Number 338-342, illustrated page 193-194
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge
Book to Read at Night A (ABE 338)
Book to Read at Night B (ABE 339)
Book to Read at Night C (ABE 340)
Book to Read at Night D (ABE 341)
Book to Read at Night E (ABE 342)
Auction Results
1. Single Prints
SBI Art Auction: 27 January 2024
Estimated: JPY 700,000 – 1,300,000
JPY 2,530,000 / USD 17,070
YAYOI KUSAMA
Book to Read at Night D (Kusama 341), 2004
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 95
SBI Art Auction: 27 October 2023
Estimated: JPY 700,000 – 1,300,000
JPY 2,415,000 / USD 16,060
YAYOI KUSAMA
Book to Read at Night B (Kusama 339), 2004
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 95
SBI Art Auction: 27 October 2023
Estimated: JPY 700,000 – 1,300,000
JPY 2,415,000 / USD 16,060
YAYOI KUSAMA
Book to Read at Night A (Kusama 338), 2004
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 95
SBI Art Auction: 28 October 2022
Estimated: JPY 700,000 – 1,300,000
JPY 2,242,500 / USD 15,330
YAYOI KUSAMA
Book to Read at Night E (Kusama 342), 2004
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 95
SBI Art Auction: 28 October 2022
Estimated: JPY 700,000 – 1,300,000
JPY 1,667,500 / USD 11,400
YAYOI KUSAMA
Book to Read at Night C (Kusama 340), 2004
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 95
SBI Art Auction: 15 July 2022
Estimated: JPY 500,000 – 800,000
JPY 1,782,500 / USD 12,825
YAYOI KUSAMA
Book to Read at Night B (Kusama 339), 2004
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 95
Christie’s online: 26 November 2019
Estimated: HKD 30,000 – 50,000
HKD 81,250 / USD 10,380
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Book to Read at Night C, 2004
Screen-print
Numbered, dated and signed ‘44/95 2004 yayoi kusama’, titled in Japanese (lower edge)
2. Complete Sets
Phillips London: 21 January 2016
Estimated: GBP 2,000 – 3,000
GBP 3,250 / USD 4,620
YAYOI KUSAMA
Book to Read at Night A-E, 2004
The complete set of five screenprints in colours on Velin Arches paper
All signed, titled in Japanese, dated ‘2004’ and inscribed ‘H.C.’ in pencil
One of 11 sets of hors commerce impressions aside from the edition of 95 and 13 artist’s proofs