FLOWERS A/B/C
Medium: Screen-print in colors on Kakita-shi paper with Lame
[5 screens, 4 colors, 6 runs]
Lame [2 colors]
Year: 2005
Image: 51×61 cm (20.1 x 24 inches)
Sheet: 60.3 x 71.5 cm (23.7 x 28.1 inches)
Edition: 50
Artist’s Proofs: 5 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 6 PP / 4 PP
Publisher: OKABE PRINT EDITIONS Ltd.
Printer: Okabe Tokuzo, Tokyo
Literature: ABE 349-351
ABE Publishing Ltd., Yayoi Kusama: Prints 1979-2017, Tokyo, 2017, Numbers 349-351, Illustrated pages 199-200
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge
1. FLOWERS A (ABE 349)
2. FLOWERS B (ABE 350)
3. FLOWERS C (ABE 351)
Auction Results
1. FLOWERS A (ABE 349)
SBI Art Auction: 15 September 2023
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 6,325,000 / USD 42,890
YAYOI KUSAMA
FLOWERS A (Kusama 349), 2005
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 50
Christie’s Hong-Kong: 25 May 2019
Estimated: HKD 80,000 – 120,000
HKD 200,000 / USD 25,480
YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929)
FLOWERS A, 2005
Screen-print
Numbered, dated and signed ’21/50 FLOWER A 2005 Yayoi Kusama’ (lower edge)
2. FLOWERS B (ABE 350)
Sotheby’s London: 19 March 2020
Estimated: GBP 10,000 – 15,000
GBP 15,000 / USD 17,425
YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
FLOWERS B, 2005
Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, titled, dated, numbered 40/50
3. FLOWERS C (ABE 351)
SBI Art Auction: 28 January 2023
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 4,830,000 / USD 37,210
YAYOI KUSAMA
FLOWERS C (Kusama 351), 2005
Screenprint, lamé
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 50
Sotheby’s London: 19 March 2020
Estimated: GBP 10,000 – 15,000
GBP 13,750
YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
FLOWERS C, 2005
Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, titled, dated, numbered 48/50