With no definitive beginning or end to the composition, Infinity Nets are a dizzying journey into the infinite. The artist’s looping brush strokes ebb and flow across the canvas, creating a rising and falling effect like the ocean tide. The work is underpinned by an emotional intensity contained within the Kusama’s obsessive practice. In feats of remarkable stamina and focus, Kusama is known to labor for hours over her works to the point of exhaustion, meticulously repeating her looping brushstrokes in order to create the net’s rippling effect. The process of painting becomes an all-consuming, almost spiritual experience, the world distilled to one simple form. Beginning at a single point on the canvas, Kusama applies her brushstrokes without any guidelines for the composition. The patterns produced by her close working often only revealing themselves only after she has stood back from the painting. Because Kusama works so intently, the density of the individual loops changes over time as her brush runs dry of paint. This results in a surface that is rich in both visual and textural variety, and in which the artist’s technical skill and physical and mental stamina are very much on display.

Introduction

The genesis of this series is deeply rooted in Kusama’s personal experiences and psychological struggles. Born in 1929 in Matsumoto, Japan, Kusama began experiencing hallucinations at a young age—an affliction that would profoundly shape her artistic vision. These hallucinations often involved her perception of the world as being covered in endless patterns, particularly polka dots and nets. In many ways, the Infinity Nets series can be seen as a form of self-therapy, a way for Kusama to externalize and manage her inner turmoil by transferring it onto the canvas.

The first painting in the Infinity Nets series was created in 1959, shortly after Kusama moved to New York. This work, characterized by an obsessive repetition of tiny arcs and loops, was a bold departure from the Abstract Expressionism that dominated the art scene at the time. The initial “Infinity Nets” were monochromatic—usually white—allowing the texture and rhythm of the nets to create a sense of movement and depth. Kusama painstakingly applied the paint in a repetitive, almost meditative process, often working for hours or even days without stopping. This repetitive action was not just a technique but a means of coping with her psychological distress, transforming her anxiety into an infinite expanse of pattern.

Over the years, Kusama’s Infinity Nets evolved in terms of color and scale. While the early works were predominantly white, she later introduced vibrant colors such as red, blue, and yellow, each carrying its own symbolic weight. For instance, the white nets are often interpreted as representing purity, emptiness, or the void, while the red nets evoke a sense of urgency, passion, or danger. The blue nets, on the other hand, can be seen as a nod to infinity and the boundless nature of the cosmos. Kusama’s process remained consistent: she would cover the entire canvas with her intricate net patterns, layer by layer, until the canvas was saturated with the seemingly endless web of loops. The methodical, repetitive nature of the work was both a reflection of and a response to her mental state—a way to impose order on chaos.

Infinity Nets in Prominent Institutional Collections

The Infinity Nets series had a profound impact on the art world, challenging the norms of contemporary art in the 1960s and beyond. While Kusama’s work initially struggled to gain recognition in the male-dominated art scene of New York, her persistence paid off. The series was embraced by the avant-garde and caught the attention of influential figures like Donald Judd and Frank Stella. The works were celebrated for their unique ability to blend minimalism with a deeply personal narrative, standing out for their innovative approach to texture, repetition, and scale. Kusama’s Infinity Nets are not just paintings; they are immersive experiences that invite viewers to lose themselves in the endless repetition of patterns. This sense of infinity, of being part of something larger and unending, is central to Kusama’s artistic philosophy and has resonated with audiences around the world.

Even as Kusama continues to create new works well into her nineties, the Infinity Nets series remains one of the most enduring and significant aspects of her oeuvre. The sheer number of Infinity Nets paintings she has created over the decades—each one unique yet part of a larger whole—speaks to her unwavering dedication to exploring the concept of infinity and the nature of existence. Kusama’s Infinity Nets have transcended their original context, becoming iconic symbols of both her personal journey and the broader evolution of contemporary art. The series continues to inspire and captivate new generations of artists and collectors, cementing Kusama’s legacy as one of the most innovative and influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Infinity Nets in Prominent Institutional Collections

The Infinity Nets series is more than just a collection of paintings; it is a window into Yayoi Kusama’s soul, a testament to her resilience, creativity, and ability to transform personal struggle into universal art. Through these intricate, mesmerizing works, Kusama has created a visual language that speaks to the infinite complexities of the human mind and the boundless possibilities of artistic expression. Each brushstroke is a celebration of her boundless imagination, inviting us to dive into a world where art and infinity collide in the most joyous of dances. Kusama’s legacy shines brightly, a beacon of inspiration for all who dare to dream beyond the limits of the visible world.

Auction Market Overview

Auction Summary

2025 Auction Highlights

14 lots sold at auction in 2025 for a turnover of USD 14,910,813. With 2 lots failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 87.5%. Infinity-Nets [HSO], dated 2016 sold at Christie’s in New-York, on 14 May 2025, for USD 3,680,000, the highest price achieved so far for an Infinity Nets in 2025.

2025 Top 3 Lots

4 lots sold for more than USD 1 million, generating a cumulative turnover of USD 7,960,019, representing 53% of the total turnover in 2025.

2024 Auction Highlights

25 lots sold at auction in 2024 for a total turnover of USD 43,883,429. With 2 lots failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 93%. INFINITY, a painting dated 1995 sold at Bonhams in Hong-Kong on 25 May 2024 for HKD 46,434,000 (USD 5,946,977), the highest price paid for an Infinity Net painting in 2024.

2024 Top 5 Lots

2023 Auction Highlights

24 lots sold at auction in 2023 for a turnover of USD 42,938,834. With 3 lots unsold, the sell-through rate remains a solid 89%. This compares to 27 Infinity Nets selling at auction in 2022 for a total turnover of USD 60,877,453. This is not only due to a strong decrease in the number of lots sold in 2023, but also due to the fact that no major Infinity Nets from the 1960’s was presented at auction in 2023, even though a new world auction record was set for this series at Est-Ouest Auctions in Hong-Kong on 28 May 2023.

2023 Top 5 Lots

2022 Auction Highlights

27 lots sold at auction in 2022 for a total turnover of USD 60,877,453. With 2 lots failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 93%. Untitled (Nets) dated 1959 sold for a record price of USD 10,496,000 at Phillips in New-York on 18 May 2022.

2022 Top 6 Lots

2021 Auction Highlights

28 lots sold at auction in 2021 for a total turnover of USD 60,656,775. With 2 lots failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 93%. The highest price was achieved by Untitled dated 1965 sold for USD 4,590,812 at Bonhams in New-York on 12 May 2021.

2021 Top 6 Lots

Top Lots

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#1. INFINITY-NETS (OQABT), 2007

Est-Ouest Auctions Hong-Kong: 28 May 2023
Estimated: USD 10,000,000 – 12,000,000
USD 10,707,500

NEW AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

#2. Untitled (Nets), 1959

Phillips New-York: 18 May 2022
Estimated: USD 5,000,000 – 7,000,000
USD 10,496,000

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Contempora… Lot 11 May 2022 | Phillips

Untitled (Nets), 1959
Oil on canvas
130.8×116.5 cm (51.5×46 inches)

#3. Interminable Net #4, 1959

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 1 April 2019
Estimated: HKD 50,000,000 – 70,000,000
HKD 62,433,000 / USD 7,953,526

(#1144) KUSAMA YAYOI | Interminable Net #4 (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Interminable Net #4, 1959
Oil on canvas
143.5 x 108.6 cm (54 1/2 x 42 3/4 inches)
Signed in English, titled and dated 1959 on the reverse

#4. White No. 28, 1960

Christie’s New-York: 12 November 2014
Estimated: USD 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
USD 7,109,000

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
White No. 28, 1960
Oil on canvas
147.6 x 111.1 cm (58 1/8 x 43 3/4 inches)
Signed and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 1960’ (lower left)

#5. No. Red B, 1960

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 4 October 2015
Estimated: HKD 30,000,000 – 40,000,000
HKD 54,520,000 / USD 7,034,875

(#1062) Kusama Yayoi (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
No. Red B, 1960
Oil on canvas
175.5 x 132.8 cm (69.1 x 52.3 inches)
Signed and titled in English and dated 1960 on the reverse

#6. Infinity Nets (TWHOQ), 2006

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 30 November 2022
Estimated: HKD 28,000,000 – 38,000,000
HKD 53,250,000 / USD 6,822,549

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

REPEAT SALE

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 25 May 2019
Estimated: HKD 25,000,000 – 35,000,000
HKD 27,725,000 / USD 3,532,252

YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Infinity Nets (TWHOQ), 2006
Acrylic on canvas (triptych)
Each: 194 x 130.3 cm (76 3/8 x 51 1/4 inches) (3)
Overall: 194 x 390.9 cm (76 3/8 x 153 7/8 inches)

#7. GOLD-INFINITY-NETS, 2015

China Guardian HK: 9 October 2022
Estimated: HKD 12,000,000 – 22,000,000
HKD 48,630,000 / USD 6,191,141

Auction | China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. (cguardian.com.hk)

YAYOI KUSAMA
GOLD-INFINITY-NETS, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
145.5 x 145.5 cm (57 1/4 x 57 1/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on reverse

#8. INFINITY, 1995

Bonhams Hong-Kong: 25 May 2024
Estimate on Request
HKD 46,434,000 / USD 5,946,977

Bonhams : Yayoi Kusama (B.1929) INFINITY

#9. INTERMINABLE NET #3, 1959

Sotheby’s New-York: 10 May 2015
Estimated: USD 5,000,000 – 7,000,000
USD 5,850,000

(#17) Yayoi Kusama (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
INTERMINABLE NET #3, 1959
Oil on canvas
133.4 x 124.5 cm (52 1/2 x 49 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1959 on the reverse

2026 Auction Results

Infinity Nets, 1960

The Roger and Josette Vanthournout Collection
Christie’s London: 5 March 2026
Estimated: GBP 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
GBP 2,124,000 / USD 2,837,450

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Infinity Nets | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Infinity Nets, 1960
Oil on canvas
100.2 x 90.3 cm (39-1/2 x 35-1/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1960 Infinity Nets’ (on the reverse)

Infinity Nets, 1970

Seoul Auction: 30 March 2026
Estimate on Request
KRW 2,360,000,000 / USD 1,555,240

Seoul Auction

REPEAT SALE

Christie’s London: 8 March 2017

YAYOI KUSAMA (b.1929 | Japanese)
Infinity Nets, 1970
Acrylic on board
77.5 x 81.5 cm (30-1/2 x 32-1/8 inches)
Signed and dated on the reverse

Infinity Nets, 1990

SBI Art Auction: 25 January 2025
Estimated: JPY 100,000,000 – 150,000,000
JPY 115,000,000 / USD 738,530
INFINITY NETS

RESULTS｜SBI Art Auction

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets, 1990
Acrylic on canvas
116.7 x 91 cm (46 x 35 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse

Infinity Nets, 1989

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 30 March 2026
Estimated: HKD 2,400,000 – 3,500,000
HKD 2,816,000 / USD 359,640

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Infinity Nets 無限網 | Contemporary Day Auction |

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets, 1989
Acrylic on canvas
60.6 x 72.7 cm (23-3/4 x 28-5/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1989 (on the reverse)

Nets, 1997

Lots Passed

2025 Auction Results

14 lots sold at auction in 2025 for a turnover of USD 14,910,813. With 2 lots failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 87.5%. Infinity-Nets [HSO], dated 2016 sold at Christie’s in New-York, on 14 May 2025, for USD 3,680,000, the highest price achieved so far for an Infinity Nets in 2025.

2025 Top 3 Lots

4 lots sold for more than USD 1 million, generating a cumulative turnover of USD 7,960,019, representing 53% of the total turnover in 2025.

#1. Infinity-Nets [HSO], 2016

Christie’s New-York: 14 May 2025
Estimated: USD 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
USD 3,680,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Infinity-Nets [HSO] | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Infinity-Nets [HSO], 2016
Acrylic on canvas
194×259 cm (76 3/8 x 102 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 2016 INFINITY-NETS HSO’ (on the reverse)

#2. INFINITY-NETS (SFOOUY), 2017

#3. Infinity Nets (SHOOX), 2006

USD 1 million

#5. INFINITY-NETS [HOAWD], 2014

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 26 September 2025
Estimated: HKD 6,000,000 – 9,000,000
HKD 7,620,000 / USD 979,435

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), INFINITY-NETS [HOAWD] | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS [HOAWD], 2014
Acrylic on canvas
97 x 130.3 cm (38 1/4 x 51 1/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘HOAWD INFINITY-NETS YAYOI KUSAMA 2014’ (on the reverse)

#6. INFINITY-NETS [APPGF], 2017

Phillips London: 6 March 2025
Estimated: GBP 700,000 – 1,000,000
GBP 762,000 / USD 975,360

Yayoi Kusama – Modern & Contemporary A… Lot 14 March 2025 | Phillips

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Nets, 1999
Acrylic on canvas
73 x 60.8 cm (28 3/4 x 23 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled, and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1999 Nets’ (on the reverse)

#8. INFINITY-NETS (TTWAM), 2007

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 29 March 2025
Estimated: HKD 7,800,000 – 12,800,000
HKD 7,308,000 / USD 939,332

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), INFINITY-NETS (TTWAM) | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (TTWAM), 2007
Acrylic on canvas
117×117 cm (46×46 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 2007 INFINITY-NETS TTWAM’
Titled again in Japanese (on the reverse)

#9. INFINITY-NETS (ORUSB), 2014

Christie’s New-York: 20 November 2025
Estimated: USD 700,000 – 1,000,000
USD 889,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), INFINITY-NETS (ORUSB) | Christie’s

REPEAT SALE

Christie’s London: 9 October 2024
Estimated: GBP 600,000 – 900,000
GBP 781,200 / USD 1,023,372

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), INFINITY-NETS (ORUSB) | Christie’s (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (ORUSB), 2014
Acrylic on canvas
97.2 x 130.5 cm (38 1/4 x 51 3/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘ORUSB INFINITY-NETS YAYOI KUSAMA 2014’ (on the reverse)

#10. INFINITY-NETS (FINTTOW), 2007

Christie’s New-York: 15 May 2025
Estimated: USD 500,000 – 700,000
USD 693,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), INFINITY-NETS (FINTTOW) | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (FINTTOW), 2007
Acrylic on canvas
72.7 x 60.6 cm (28 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches)
Signed, titled in English and Japanese and dated
‘Yayoi Kusama 2007 INFINITY-NETS FINTTOW’
(on the reverse)

#11. Oil No. 19, 1997

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 28 September 2025
Estimated: HKD 3,500,000 – 7,000,000
HKD 5,080,000 / USD 652,955

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Oil No. 19 油畫19號 | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction | 2025 | Sotheby’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Oil No. 19, 1997
Oil on canvas
65.3 x 53 cm (25 3/4 x 20 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled, and dated 1997 on the reverse

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USD 500,000

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#12. Nets (A.B.C), 1990

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 29 March 2025
Estimated: HKD 3,200,000 – 5,500,000
HKD 3,556,000 / USD 457,069

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Nets ( A.B.C) 網（A.B.C） | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction | 2025 | Sotheby’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Nets (A.B.C), 1990
Acrylic on canvas
72.5 x 60 cm (28 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1990 (on the reverse)

#13. Nets 38, 1998

Phillips New-York: 21 November 2025
Estimated: USD 250,000 – 350,000
USD 283,800

Yayoi Kusama Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

YAYOI KUSAMA
Nets 38, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
40.6 x 31.8 cm (16 x 12 1/2 inches)
Signed, titled and dated “Yayoi Kusama 1998 Nets 38” on the reverse

#14. Infinity Net, 1990

SBI Art Auction: 25 October 2025
Estimated: JPY 10,000,000 – 15,000,000
JPY 16,675,000 / USD 109,120

RESULTS｜SBI Art Auction

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Net, 1990
Acrylic on canvas
22.7 x 15.8 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches) (SM)
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse

 

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Lots Passed / Withdrawn

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Infinity-Nets (OBBXT), 2006

2024 Auction Results

25 lots sold at auction in 2024 for a total turnover of USD 43,883,429. With 2 lots failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 93%. INFINITY, a painting dated 1995 sold at Bonhams in Hong-Kong on 25 May 2024 for HKD 46,434,000 (USD 5,946,977), the highest price paid for an Infinity Net painting in 2024.

2024 Top 5 Lots

#1. INFINITY, 1995

Bonhams Hong-Kong: 25 May 2024
Estimate on Request
HKD 46,434,000 / USD 5,946,977

Bonhams : Yayoi Kusama (B.1929) INFINITY

#2. The Pacific Ocean, 1958

Property from the Collection of Alice Denney
Sotheby’s New-York: 13 May 2024
Estimated: USD 1,000,000 – 1,500,000
USD 4,658,000

The Pacific Ocean | Contemporary Evening Auction | 2024 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
The Pacific Ocean, 1958
Oil on canvas
122.9 x 175.9 cm (48 3/8 x 69 1/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1958 (on the reverse)

#3. Enlightenment Means Living a Life Unconcernedly, 2008

Christie’s New-York: 14 May 2024
Estimated: USD 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
USD 4,406,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Enlightenment Means Living a Life Unconcernedly | Christie’s (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Enlightenment Means Living a Life Unconcernedly, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
194 x 259.1 cm (76 3/8 x 102 inches)
Signed, titled in Japanese and English, and dated (on the reverse)

#4. INFINITY NETS (ZGHEB), 2007

Phillips Hong-Kong: 31 May 2024
Estimated: HKD 20,000,000 – 30,000,000
HKD 25,860,000 / USD 3,310,716

Yayoi Kusama – Modern & Contemporary Art… Lot 12 May 2024 | Phillips

#5. INFINITY-NETS (ZXSSAO), 2008

Phillips London: 7 March 2024
Estimated: GBP 1,800,000 – 2,500,000
GBP 2,105,000 / USD 2,669,140

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Contempor… Lot 8 March 2024 | Phillips

#9. Infinity Nets (WKG), 2015

Sotheby’s London: 6 March 2024
Estimated: GBP 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
GBP 1,621,000 / USD 2,055,428

Infinity Nets (WKG) | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction featuring The Now | 2024 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets (WKG), 2015
Acrylic on canvas
145.5 x 145.5 cm (57 1/4 x 57 1/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 2015 (on the reverse)

#10. Nets in the Night (TPXZZOT), 2007

Phillips New-York: 14 May 2024
Estimated: USD 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
USD 1,875,000

Yayoi Kusama – Modern & Contemporary Art… Lot 11 May 2024 | Phillips

#12. Infinity-Nets (ENNO), 2011

Sotheby’s New-York: 1 March 2024
Estimated: USD 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
USD 1,512,000

Infinity-Nets (ENNO) | Contemporary Curated | 2024 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity-Nets (ENNO), 2011
Acrylic on canvas
130.2 x 130.2 cm (51 1/4 x 51 1/4 inches)
Signed, titled, titled in Japanese and dated 2011 (on the reverse)

#13. The Sea in the Evening Glow (B) Facing the Imminent Death, 1990

Sotheby’s London: 25 June 2024
Estimated: GBP 900,000 – 1,200,000
GBP 1,140,000 / USD 1,445,520

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/modern-contemporary-evening-auction-including-the-ralph-i-goldenberg-collection/the-sea-in-the-evening-glow-b-facing-the-imminent

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
The Sea in the Evening Glow (B) Facing the Imminent Death, 1990
Acrylic on canvas
161.5 x 130.5 cm (63 5/8 x 51 3/8 inches)
Signed, titled in Japanese and dated 1990 (on the reverse)

#14. Nets – Infinity, 2004

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 11 November 2024
Estimated: HKD 11,000,000 – 14,000,000
HKD 10,080,000 / USD 1,296,410

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Nets – Infinity 網 – 無限 | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction | 2024 | Sotheby’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (1929 – )
Nets – Infinity, 2004
Acrylic on canvas
161.9 x 161.9 cm (63 3/4 x  63 3/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 2004 (on the reverse)

#15. Infinity-Nets (T.OWQ), 2005

Sotheby’s London: 6 March 2024
Estimated: GBP 600,000 – 800,000
GBP 850,900 / USD 1,078,941

Infinity-Nets (T.OWQ) | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction featuring The Now | 2024 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity-Nets (T.OWQ), 2005
Acrylic on canvas
72.5 x 91 cm (28 1/2 x 35 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled twice and dated 2005 (on the reverse)

#16. INFINITY-NETS (ORUSB), 2014

Christie’s London: 9 October 2024
Estimated: GBP 600,000 – 900,000
GBP 781,200 / USD 1,023,372

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), INFINITY-NETS (ORUSB) | Christie’s (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (ORUSB), 2014
Acrylic on canvas
97 x 130.5 cm (38 1/4 x 51 3/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘ORUSB INFINITY-NETS YAYOI KUSAMA 2014’ (on the reverse)

USD 1 million

#17. Infinity Nets, 1999

SBI Art Auction: 26 October 2024
Estimated: JPY 120,000,000 – 220,000,000
JPY 143,750,000 / USD 946,471

RESULTS｜SBI Art Auction

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets, 1999
Acrylic on canvas
116.7 × 91 cm (46 × 35 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse

#18. Original-Infinity Nets, 2000

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 29 May 2024
Estimated: HKD 5,500,000 – 8,500,000
HKD 6,930,000 / USD 887,210

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Original-Infinity Nets | Christie’s (christies.com)
GUARANTEED

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Original-Infinity Nets, 2000
Acrylic on canvas
117×91 cm (46 1/8 x 35 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled, and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 2000 ORIGINAL-INFINITY NETS’ (on the reverse)

#19. INFINITY-NETS (SHSOWX), 2006

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 26 September 2024
Estimated: HKD 5,500,000 – 8,500,000
HKD 6,300,000 / USD 809,820

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), INFINITY-NETS (SHSOWX) | Christie’s (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (SHSOWX), 2006
Acrylic on canvas
91 x 72.7 cm (35 7/8 x 28 5/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 2006 INFINITY-NETS SHSOWX’ (on the reverse)

#20. Infinity Nets (OQ5), 2000

Phillips London: 27 June 2024
Estimated: GBP 200,000 – 300,000
GBP 355,600 / USD 450,901

https://www.phillips.com/detail/yayoi-kusama/UK010424/14

#21. Infinity Nets (S. P), 1993

Sotheby’s New-York: 1 March 2024
Estimated: USD 250,000 – 350,000
USD 381,000

Infinity Nets | Contemporary Curated | 2024 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets (S. P), 1993
Acrylic on canvas
53.3 x 45.7 cm (21×18 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1993 (on the reverse)

#22. Original Infinity Nets, 2000

Phillips New-York: 20 November 2024
Estimated: USD 300,000 – 500,000
USD 368,300

Yayoi Kusama – Modern & Contempora… Lot 137 November 2024 | Phillips

#24. Infinity Nets (Hymn of Life) (1), 1988

Seoul Auction: 28 May 2024
Estimated: KRW 350,000,000 – 550,000,000
KRW 330,400,000 / USD 242,515

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets (Hymn of Life) (1), 1988
Acrylic on canvas
60.5 x 72.5 cm (23 7/8 x 28 1/2 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse

#25. Infinity Nets, 1990

Bonhams London: 11 October 2024
Estimated: GBP 100,000 – 150,000
GBP 108,350 / USD 141,939

Bonhams : YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) Infinity Nets (Painted in 1990)

2023 Auction Results

24 lots sold at auction in 2023 for a turnover of USD 42,938,834.

With 3 lots unsold, the sell-through rate remains a solid 89%. This compares to 27 Infinity Nets selling at auction in 2022 for a total turnover of USD 60,877,453. This is not only due to a strong decrease in the number of lots sold in 2023, but also due to the fact that no major Infinity Nets from the 1960’s was presented at auction in 2023, even though a new world auction record was set for this series at Est-Ouest Auctions in Hong-Kong on 28 May 2023.

2023 Top 5 Lots

#1. INFINITY-NETS (OQABT), 2007

Est-Ouest Auctions Hong-Kong: 28 May 2023
Estimated: USD 10,000,000 – 12,000,000
USD 10,707,500

NEW AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

#3. INFINITY-NETS [KLN], 2014

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 28 November 2023
Estimated: HKD 10,000,000 – 18,000,000
HKD 24,575,000 / USD 3,155,033

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS [KLN], 2014
Acrylic on canvas
194×194 cm (76 3/8 x 76 3/8 inches)
Signed, titled, and dated ‘KLN INFINITY-NETS YAYOI KUSAMA 2014’ (on the reverse)

#13. Nets, 1998

Christie’s New-York: 10 November 2023
Estimated: USD 500,000 – 700,000
USD 756,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Nets, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
65.4 x 53.3 cm (25 3/4 x 21 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1998 Nets’ (on the reverse)

#14. INFINITY NETS, 1990

Est-Ouest Auction Hong-Kong: 28 May 2023
Estimated: USD 900,000 – 1,100,000
USD 693,000

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY NETS, 1990
Acrylic on canvas
91×73 cm (35 7/8 x 28 5/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse

#15. Accretions II, 1967

Christie’s New-York: 18 May 2023
Estimated: USD 700,000 – 1,000,000
USD 478,800

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Accretions II, 1967
Oil on canvas
44.8 x 55.2 cm (17 5/8 x 21 3/4 inches)
Signed and dated ‘Y. Kusama 67’ (on the reverse)

#16. Infinity Nets (ZYA), 1999

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 6 April 2023
Estimated: HKD 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
HKD 3,429,000 / USD 436,821

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Infinity Nets (ZYA) 無限網 (ZYA) | Contemporary Day Auction | 2023 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets (ZYA), 1999
Acrylic on canvas
45.5 x 38.4 cm (17 7/8 x 15 1/8 inches)
Signed in English, titled in English and Japanese, and dated 1999 on the reverse

#17. INFINITY NET, 1988

Est-Ouest Auction Hong-Kong: 28 May 2023
Estimated: USD 330,000 – 450,000
USD 378,000

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY NET, 1988
Acrylic on canvas
38 x 45.5 cm (15 x 17 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse

#18. Infinity Nets, 1999

Poly Auction Hong-Kong: 6 April 2023
Estimated: HKD 2,100,000 – 3,100,000
HKD 2,880,000 / USD 366,874

Infinity Nets｜Poly Auction Hong Kong (polyauctionhk.com)

#19. Nets 34, 1998

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 6 October 2023
Estimated: HKD 1,500,000 – 3,200,000
HKD 1,905,000 / USD 243,245

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Nets 34, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
38 x 45.5 cm (15 x 17 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1998 on the reverse

#20. NETS 50, 1998

Est-Ouest Auction Hong-Kong: 28 May 2023
Estimated: USD 260,000 – 380,000
USD 226,800

YAYOI KUSAMA
NETS 50, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
22 x 27.3 cm (8 5/8 x 10 3/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse

#21. Nets 52, 1997

Phillips London: 30 June 2023
Estimated: GBP 150,000 – 250,000
GBP 177,800 / USD 225,949

#22. Infinity Nets 1959, circa 1979

Christie’s New-York: 29 September 2023
Estimated: USD 250,000 – 350,000
USD 214,200

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Infinity Nets 1959, circa 1979
Acrylic on canvas
41 x 31.8 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/2 inches)
Signed, inscribed and titled ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 1959 INFINITY NETS’ (on the reverse)

#23. Nets, 1998

Christie’s online: 21 April 2023
Estimated: HKD 1,000,000 – 2,000,000
HKD 1,386,000 / USD 176,612

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Nets, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
24.5 x 33.5 cm (9 5/8 x 13 1/4 in)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1998 Nets’ (on the reverse)

#24. Nets Infinity, 2001

Sotheby’ New-York: 16 November 2023
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 127,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Nets Infinity, 2001
Acrylic on canvas
15.9 x 22.9 cm (6 1/4 x 9 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 2001 (on the reverse)

28 lots sold at auction in 2021 for a total turnover of USD 60,656,775. With 2 lots failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 93%. The highest price was achieved by Untitled dated 1965 sold for USD 4,590,812 at Bonhams in New-York on 12 May 2021.

2021 Top 6 Lots

#1. Untitled, 1965

Bonhams New-York: 12 May 2021
Estimated: USD 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
USD 4,590,312

Bonhams : YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) Untitled 1965

#4. Gold Sky Nets, 2005

Seoul Auction: 26 October 2021
Estimated: 1,700,000,000 – 3,000,000,000
KRW 3,650,000,000 / USD 3,125,309 (HAMMER)
KRW 4,197,500,000 / USD 3,594,105

REPEAT SALE

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 19 April 2021
HKD 9,250,000 / USD 1,191,058

YAYOI KUSAMA
Gold-Sky-Nets, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
112×145.5 cm (41.1×57.3 inches)

#5. Nets Obsession, 2004

Phillips Hong-Kong: 8 June 2021
Estimated: HKD 10,000,000 – 15,000,000
HKD 25,660,000 / USD 3,306,743

Yayoi Kusama 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Association with Poly Auction

YAYOI KUSAMA
Nets Obsession, 2004
Acrylic on canvas
162.3×162.3 cm (63.9×63.9 inches)

#6. Infinity-Nets (WFTO), 2016

Seoul Auction: 29 July 2021
Estimated: KRW 1,500,000,000 – 2,500,000,000
KRW 3,100,000,000 / USD 2,714,209 (HAMMER)
KRW 3,565,000,000 / USD 3,121,340

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (WFTO), 2016
Acrylic on canvas
130.3 x 130.3 cm (51 5/16 x 51 5/16 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on reverse

#7. Infinity-Nets-OPRZT, 2008

Sotheby’s London: 29 June 2021
Estimated: GBP 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
GBP 2,193,000 / USD 3,036,134

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity-Nets-OPRZT, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
194.3 x 259 cm (76 1/2 x 102 inches)
Signed twice, titled and dated 2008 on the reverse

#8. Silver Nets (BTRUX), 2014

Seoul Auction: 22 June 2021
Estimated: KRW 1,800,000,000 – 2,500,000,000
KRW 2,900,000,000 / USD 2,549,564 (HAMMER)
KRW 3,335,000,000 / USD 2,931,999

YAYOI KUSAMA
Silver Nets (BTRUX), 2014
Acrylic on canvas
130.3 x 130.3 cm (51 5/16 x 51 5/16 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on reverse

#9. INFINITY-NETS (OPRT), 2004

Phillips Hong-Kong: 30 November 2021
Estimated: HKD 15,000,000 – 25,000,000
HKD 22,635,000 / USD 2,903,076

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY-NETS (OPRT), 2004
Acrylic on canvas
193×193 cm (75.9×75.9 inches)

#10. INFINITY-NETS (T.OWE), 2006

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 24 May 2021
Estimated: HKD 9,000,000 – 14,000,000
HKD 20,650,000 / USD 2,659,334

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY-NETS (T.OWE), 2006
Acrylic on canvas
162.6×162.6 cm (64×64 inches)

#11. Silver Nets (EOKI), 2015

Phillips London: 15 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 1,200,000 – 1,500,000
GBP 1,837,500 / USD 2,527,858

YAYOI KUSAMA
Silver Nets (EOKI), 2015
Acrylic on canvas
162.2×130.5 cm (63.9×51.4 inches)

#12. Infinity-Nets (KPEU), 2016

Seoul Auction: 24 August 2021
Estimated: KRW 1,700,000,000 – 3,000,000,000
KRW 2,550,000,000 / USD 2,187,377 (HAMMER)
KRW 2,932,500,000 / USD 2,515,484

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (KPEU), 2016
Acrylic on canvas
111.9 x 145.8 cm (44 1/16 x 57 7/16 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on reverse

#13. Infinity Nets [OTWHON], 2014

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 1 December 2021
Estimated: HKD 14,000,000 – 22,000,000
HKD 19,450,000 / USD 2,496,342

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets [OTWHON], 2014
Acrylic on canvas
144.8×144.8 cm (57×57 inches)

#14. Infinity-Nets (GKT), 2015

Christie’s London: 15 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 800,000 – 1,200,000
GBP 1,702,500 / USD 2,342,137

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (GKT), 2015
Acrylic on canvas
145.5×112 cm (57.3×44.1 inches)

#15. Infinity Nets [OPQR], 2007

Christie’s London: 15 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 700,000 – 1,000,000
GBP 1,702,500 / USD 2,342,137

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets [OPQR], 2007
Acrylic on canvas
91×73 cm (35.8×28.7 inches)

#16. Infinity-Nets (GKSG), 2010

Seoul Auction: 23 March 2021
Estimated: KRW 1,300,000,000 – 2,000,000,000
KRW 2,300,000,000 / USD 2,035,617 (HAMMER)
KRW 2,645,000,000 / USD 2,340,960

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (GKSG), 2010
Acrylic on canvas
162×162 cm (63 13/16 x 57 13/16 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on reverse

#17. INFINITY-NETS (BAJO), 2013

Ravenel Taipei: 5 December 2021
Estimated: TWD 55,000,000 – 70,000,000
TWD 64,160,000 / USD 2,317,492

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (BAJO), 2013
Acrylic on canvas
145.5 x 145.5 cm (57 1/4 x 57 1/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘INFINITY-NETS 2013 YAYOI KUSAMA BAJO’ (on the reverse)

#18. Infinity-Nets (OWTTY), 2007

Seoul Auction: 2 June 2021
Estimated: KRW 1,800,000,000 – 3,000,000,000
KRW 2,200,000,000 / USD 1,981,897 (HAMMER)
KRW 2,530,000,000 / USD 2,279,182

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (OWTTY), 2007
Acrylic on canvas
130.3 x 162 cm (51 3/8 x 63 5/8 inches)

#19. Nets-Infinity (OPQA), 2004

Christie’s New-York: 14 May 2021
Estimated: USD 500,000 – 700,000
USD 870,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Nets-Infinity (OPQA), 2004
Acrylic on canvas
130.3 x 97.2 cm (51 3/8 x 38 1/2 inches)
Signed, titled in English and Japanese and dated ‘NETS-INFINITY Yayoi Kusama OPQA 2004’ (on the reverse)

#20. Red Nets, 1966

Christie’s New-York: 12 November 2021
Estimated: USD 300,000 – 500,000
USD 600,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Red Nets | Christie’s (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Red Nets, 1966
Oil on canvasboard
61 x 50.5 cm (24 x 19 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘KUSAMA RED NETS 1966’ (on the reverse)

#21. Nets 37, 1998

Christie’s New-York: 14 May 2021
Estimated: USD 200,000 – 300,000
USD 500,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Nets 37, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
41 x 32.1 cm (16 1/8 x 12 5/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1998 Nets 37’ (on the reverse)

#22. Infinity Nets, 1989

Sotheby’s London: 26 March 2021
Estimated: GBP 100,000 – 150,000
GBP 315,000 / USD 434,542

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets, 1989
Acrylic on canvas
12 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches (31.8 x 41 cm)
Signed, titled, dated 1989 and variously inscribed in Japanese on the reverse

2020 Auction Results

WORK IN PROGRESS

10 Infinity Nets sold in 2020 for a total turnover of USD 11,142,216. With one lot failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 91%. The highest price was achieved by INFINITY NETS (G.E.R), a painting dated 1999, that sold at Sotheby’s, in New-York, on 20 June 2020, for USD 3,620,000.

#1. INFINITY NETS (G.E.R), 1999

Sotheby’s New-York: 20 June 2020
Estimated: USD 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
USD 3,620,000

YAYOI KUSAMA | INFINITY NETS (G.E.R) | Contemporary Art Evening Auction | 2020 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
INFINITY NETS (G.E.R), 1999
Acrylic on canvas (in three parts)
194.3×389.9 cm (76.5×153.5 inches)

#2. INFINITY-NETS (QRTWE), 2007

Phillips Hong-Kong: 3 December 2020
Estimated: HKD 15,000,000 – 20,000,000
HKD 17,190,000 / USD 2,217,648

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Contem… Lot 9 December 2020 | Phillips

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (QRTWE), 2007
Acrylic on canvas
194×259 cm (76.4×101.9 inches)

#3. Infinity-Nets (OWTTY), 2007

Seoul Auction: 25 March 2020
Estimated: KRW 1,400,000,000 – 1,200,000,000
KRW 1,667,500,000 / USD 1,342,645

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (OWTTY), 2007
Acrylic on canvas
130.3 x 162 cm (51 1/3 x 63 3/4 inches)

#4. INFINITY-NETS (NOLM), 2013

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 6 October 2020
Estimated: HKD 6,000,000 – 9,000,000
HKD 9,855,000 / USD 1,271,629

YAYOI KUSAMA 草間彌生 | INFINITY-NETS (NOLM) 無限網 (NOLM) | Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 2020 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (NOLM), 2013
Acrylic on canvas
162×130.3 cm (63.7×51.2 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 2013 on the reverse

#5. INFINITY NETS V.A.T., circa 1979

Sotheby’s New-York: 29 June 2020
Estimated: USD 700,000 – 1,000,000
USD 1,160,000

YAYOI KUSAMA | INFINITY NETS V.A.T. | The Ginny Williams Collection Evening Sale | 2020 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
INFINITY NETS V.A.T., circa 1979
Acrylic on canvas
91.1×72.7 cm (35.9×28.6 inches)
Signed, titled and inscribed 1959 on the reverse

#6. INFINITY-NETS (KSUZL), 2017

Phillips London: 12 February 2020
Estimated: GBP 600,000 – 800,000
GBP 525,000 / USD 685,199

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Contem… Lot 6 February 2020 | Phillips

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (KSUZL), 2017
Acrylic on canvas
161.9×130.5 cm (63.7×51.3 inches)

#7. Infinity Nets, circa 1979

Phillips Hong-Kong: 9 July 2020
Estimated: HKD 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
HKD 3,437,500 / USD 443,540

Yayoi Kusama 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets, circa 1979
Acrylic on canvas
60.5 x 60.5 cm (23 7/8 x 23 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1962 “Infinity Nets”‘ on the reverse

#8. Infinity Nets, 1993

China Guardian Hong-Kong: 8 August 2020
Estimated: HKD 700,000 – 1,000,000
HKD 1,888,000 / USD 243,595

Auction | China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd.
YAYOI KUSAMA (b.1929)
Infinity Nets, 1993
Acrylic on canvas
15.8 × 22.7 cm (6 1/4 × 8 7/8 inches)
Signed in English, dated and titled in Japanese on the reverse

#9. Infinity Nets, 2000

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 3 December 2020
Estimated: HKD 1,000,000 – 2,000,000
HKD 1,250,000 / USD 161,265

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Infinity Nets | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Infinity Nets, 2000
Acrylic and glitter on canvas
41 x 31.8 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/2 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘2000 yayoi Kusama INFINITY NETS’ (on the reverse)

2019 Auction Results

WORK IN PROGRESS

26 Infinity Nets sold at auction in 2019 for a total turnover  of USD 29,559,131. With 8 lots failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 76%.

#1. Interminable Net #4, 1959

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 1 April 2019
Estimated: HKD 50,000,000 – 70,000,000
HKD 62,433,000 / USD 7,953,525

(#1144) KUSAMA YAYOI | Interminable Net #4 (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Interminable Net #4, 1959
Oil on canvas
143.5 x 108.6 cm (54 1/2 x 42 3/4 inches)
Signed in English, titled and dated 1959 on the reverse

#2. Infinity Nets (TWHOQ), 2006

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 25 May 2019
Estimated: HKD 25,000,000 – 35,000,000
HKD 27,725,000 / USD 3,532,250

YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Infinity Nets (TWHOQ), 2006
Acrylic on canvas (triptych)
Each: 194 x 130.3 cm (76 3/8 x 51 1/4 inches) (3)
Overall: 194 x 390.9 cm (76 3/8 x 153 7/8 inches)

#3. The Pacific Ocean, 1959

Sotheby’s New-York: 16 May 2019
Estimated: USD 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
USD 3,500,000

(#30) YAYOI KUSAMA | The Pacific Ocean

YAYOI KUSAMA
The Pacific Ocean, 1959
Oil and mixed media on canvas
46.4×35.6 cm (18.3×14 inches)
Signed
Signed, titled, and dated 1959 on the reverse

#4. Infinity-Nets (BCO), 2013

Christie’s New-York: 16 May 2019
Estimated: USD 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
USD 1,695,000

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Infinity-Nets (BCO) | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (BCO), 2013
Acrylic on canvas
130.2×194.3 cm (51.2×76.5 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘BCO INFINITY-NETS 2013 YAYOI KUSAMA’ (on the reverse)

#5. WHITE NETS (HWTOQ), 2006

Sotheby’s New-York: 15 November 2019
Estimated: USD 1,000,000 – 1,500,000
USD 1,520,000

(#440) YAYOI KUSAMA | WHITE NETS (HWTOQ)

YAYOI KUSAMA
WHITE NETS (HWTOQ), 2006
Acrylic on canvas
161.9×161.9 cm (63.7×63.7 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 2006 on the reverse

#6. Infinity Nets [BRST], 2016

Christie’s New-York: 14 November 2019
Estimated: USD 800,000 – 1,200,000
USD 1,455,000

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Infinity-Nets [BRST] | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets [BRST], 2016
Acrylic on canvas
145.5×112 cm (57.2×44 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘INFINITY-NETS BRST YAYOI KUSAMA

#7. Infinity-Nets (OQRWHN), 2008

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 22 November 2019
Estimated: HKD 9,000,000 – 12,000,000
HKD 10,925,000 / USD 1,396,184

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Infinity-Nets (OQRWHN) | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (OQRWHN), 2008
Acrylic on canvas
194×194 cm (76.4×76.4 inches)
Titled in Japanese, signed ‘Yayoi Kusama INFINITY-NETS (OQRWHN) 2008’ (on the reverse)

#8. INFINITY-NETS (GMBKA), 2013

Phillips Hong-Kong: 23 November 2019
Estimated: HKD 6,000,000 – 8,000,000
HKD 7,710,000 / USD 985,380

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Conte… Lot 28 November 2019 | Phillips

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY-NETS (GMBKA), 2013
Acrylic on canvas
162×131 cm (63 3/4 x 51 5/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘”GMBKA INFINITY-NETS” YAYOI KUSAMA 2013’ on the reverse

#9. Infinity-Nets (QPOW), 2006

Christie’s New-York: 27 September 2019
Estimated: USD 700,000 – 1,000,000
USD 735,000

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets (QPOW), 2006
Acrylic on canvas
91.1×72.7 cm (35.9×28.6 inches)

#10. Infinity Nets, 1990

Phillips Hong-Kong: 25 November 2019
Estimated: HKD 4,800,000 – 6,800,000
HKD 5,670,000 / USD 724,655

Yayoi Kusama 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets, 1990
Acrylic on canvas
72.7 x 60.6 cm (28 5/8 x 23 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1990 “Infinity Nets [in Kanji]”‘ on the reverse

#11. INFINITY-NETS (MTTI), 2010

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 1 April 2019
Estimated: HKD 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
HKD 5,215,000 / USD 664,365

(#1163) KUSAMA YAYOI | INFINITY-NETS (MTTI)

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY-NETS (MTTI), 2010
Acrylic on canvas
130.3×130.3 cm (51.4×51.4 inches)
Signed in English, titled and dated 2010 on the reverse

#12. INFINITY-NETS (OQPZO), 2008

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 26 May 2019
Estimated: HKD 3,500,000 – 4,500,000
HKD 4,325,000 / USD 551,015

YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929), INFINITY-NETS (OQPZO) | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (OQPZO), 2008
Acrylic on canvas
100×100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 inches)
Signed and titled ‘YAYOI KUSAMA INFINITY-NETS (OQPZO)’
Titled in Japanese, dated ‘2008’ (on the reverse)

#13. Nets 19, 1998

Ravenel Taipei: 1 December 2019
Estimated: TWD 12,000,000 – 18,000,000
TWD 12,ooo,000 / USD 393,445

Ravenel | Yayoi KUSAMA《Nets 19》 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2019 Taipei Lot 127

YAYOI KUSAMA (Japanese, 1929)
Nets 19, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
53 x 65.2 cm
Signed on the reverse Yayoi Kusama, titled Nets 19 and dated 1998

#14. Original Infinity Nets, 2000

Christie’s New-York: 16 May 2019
Estimated: USD 150,000 – 200,000
USD 318,750

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Original Infinity Nets | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Original Infinity Nets, 2000
Acrylic on canvas
45.7 x 38.1 cm (18×15 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA ORIGINAL INFINITY NETS 2000’ (on the reverse)

#15. Infinity Nets (S.I.T) & Infinity Nets (UIT), 2001

Phillips New-York: 13 November 2019
Estimated: USD 300,000 – 400,000
USD 312,500

Yayoi Kusama 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

#16. Infinity Nets (H10), 2000

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets (H10), 2000
Acrylic on canvas
38.4 x 45.7 cm (15 1/8 x 18 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 2000 on the reverse

#17. Infinity Nets, 1993

Sotheby’s London: 6 March 2019
Estimated: GBP 100,000 – 150,000
GBP 175,000 / USD 230,640

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YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets, 1993
Acrylic on canvas
53.3 x 45.9 cm (20 7/8 x 18 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1993 on the reverse

#18. Infinity Nets (ZYA), 1999

Ravenel Taipei: 2 June 2019
Estimated: TWD 7,000,000 – 9,000,000
TWD 6,6oo,000 / USD 208,860

Ravenel | Yayoi KUSAMA《Infinity Nets (ZYA)》 Ravenel Spring Auction 2019 Taipei Lot 115

YAYOI KUSAMA (Japanese, 1929)
Infinity Nets (ZYA), 1999
Acrylic on canvas
45 x 38.5 cm
Signed on the reverse Yayoi Kusama in English
Dated 1999 and titled Infinity Nets (ZYA) in English and Infinity Nets in Japanese

#19. Infinity Nets, 1989

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 31 March 2019
Estimated: HKD 800,000 – 1,200,000
HKD 1,250,000 / USD 159,245

(#595) KUSAMA YAYOI | Infinity Nets

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets, 1989
Acrylic on canvas
31.8 x 41 cm (12 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches)
Signed in English, titled in Japanese and English and dated 1989 on the reverse

#20. Nets, 1998

Phillips New-York: 13 November 2019
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 120,000
USD 100,000

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YAYOI KUSAMA
Nets, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
22.7 x 15.8 cm (9 x 6 1/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated “Yayoi Kusama 1998 Nets” on the reverse

2018 Auction Results

WORK IN PROGRESS

31 Infinity Nets sold at auction in 2018 for a total turnover of USD 33,347,111. With 4 lots failing to sell, the sell-through rate is 89%.

#1. Red-Nets No. 2.A.3., 1960

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 31 March 2018
Estimated: HKD 24,000,000 – 32,000,000
HKD 35,587,500 / USD 4,534,130

(#1075) KUSAMA YAYOI | Red-Nets No. 2.A.3.

YAYOI KUSAMA
Red-Nets No. 2.A.3., 1960
Oil on canvas
71.1×55.9 cm (28 1/4 x 22 1/8 inches)
Signed and titled in English and dated 1960 on the reverse

#2. No. F.C.H., 1960

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Christie’s Hong-Kong: 26 May 2018
Estimated: HKD 16,000,000 – 26,000,000
HKD 26,500,000 / USD 3,377,860

YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929), No. F. C. H. | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA
No. F.C.H., 1960
Oil on canvas
76.2 x 66 cm (30×26 inches)
Titled, dated and signed ‘ No. F. C. H. 1960 YAYOI KUSAMA’ (on the reverse)

#3. NETS-OBSESSION [OPR], 2003

Sotheby’s New-York: 17 May 2018
Estimated: USD 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
USD 2,535,000

(#421) Yayoi Kusama

YAYOI KUSAMA
NETS-OBSESSION [OPR], 2003
Acrylic on canvas
194×259 cm (76.4×102 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 2003 on the reverse

#4. INFINITY-NETS (QRTWE), 2007

Phillips London: 27 June 2018
Estimated: GBP 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
GBP 1,689,000 / USD 2,218,790

Yayoi Kusama 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY-NETS (QRTWE), 2007
Acrylic on canvas
194×259 cm (76 3/8 x 101 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 2007 “INFINITY-NETS QRTWE”‘ on the reverse

#5. Infinity-Nets [TOWZ], 2005

Christie’s New-York: 18 May 2018
Estimated: USD 500,000 – 700,000
USD 1,812,500

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Infinity-Nets [TOWZ] | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets [TOWZ], 2005
Acrylic on canvas
91.1 x 116.8 cm (35 7/8 x 46 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘INFINITY-NETS Yayoi Kusama 2005 TOWZ’ (on the reverse)

#6. INFINITY NETS (OQ4), 2000

Sotheby’s London: 7 March 2018
Estimated: GBP 800,000 – 1,200,000
GBP 1,269,000 / USD 1,762,490

(#37) YAYOI KUSAMA | Infinity Nets (OQ4)

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY NETS (OQ4), 2000
Acrylic on canvas
162.5 x 130.8 cm (64 x 51 1/2 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 2000 on the reverse

#7. Nets Infinity, 1998

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 26 May 2018
Estimated: HKD 7,500,000 – 9,500,000
HKD 13,300,000 / USD 1,695,305

YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929), Nets Infinity | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA
Nets Infinity, 1998
Acrylic with gold pigment and metallic paint on canvas
117×91 cm (46 1/8 x 35 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1998 Nets Infinity’ (on the reverse)

#8. INFINITY-NETS (TWQPA), 2012

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 24 November 2018
Estimated: HKD 8,000,000 – 12,000,000
HKD 9,700,000 / USD 1,239,760

YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929), INFINITY-NETS (TWQPA) | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY-NETS (TWQPA), 2012
Acrylic on canvas
162 x 130.3 cm (63 3/4 x 51 1/4 inches)
Titled, signed and dated ‘TWQPA INFINITY-NETS YAYOI KUSAMA 2012’ (on the reverse)

#9. INFINITY-SILVER-NETS [TWHERO], 2007

Est-Ouest Auctions Hong-Kong: 27 May 2018
Estimated: HKD 7,000,000 – 12,000,000
HKD 8,020,000 / USD 1,022,320

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YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY-SILVER-NETS [TWHERO], 2007
Acrylic on canvas
130.5 × 162 cm
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse

#10. INFINITY NETS OZTTE, 2005

Christie’s Paris: 7 June 2018
Estimated: EUR 500,000 – 700,000
EUR 835,500 / USD 987,205

YAYOI KUSAMA (NÉE EN 1929), Infinity nets | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (born in 1929)
INFINITY NETS OZTTE, 2005
Acrylic on canvas
100×100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 inches)
Signed in Japanese
Signed, titled, dated and inscribed ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 2005 “INFINITY NETS” OZTTE’ (on reverse)

#11. INFINITY- NETS [ZZ00X], 2006

Mainichi Auction Tokyo: 20 October 2018
Estimated: JPY 60,000,000 – 80,000,000
JPY 94,000,000 (Hammer)
JPY 109,510,000 / USD 973,720

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YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY- NETS [ZZ00X], 2006
Acrylic on canvas
116.7 x 91 cm
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse

#12. Infinity Nets [A.BB], 2004

Christie’s New-York: 16 November 2018
Estimated: USD 500,000 – 700,000
USD 792,500

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Infinity Nets [A.BB] | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets [A.BB], 2004
Acrylic on canvas
116.8 x 91.4 cm (46×36 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Infinity Nets Yayoi Kusama 2004 A.BB’ (on the reverse)

#13. Infinity-Nets (POWTY), 2014

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 30 September 2018
Estimated: HKD 5,000,000 – 8,000,000
HKD 6,120,000 / USD 781,800

(#1088) KUSAMA YAYOI | Infinity-Nets (POWTY)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (POWTY), 2014
Acrylic on canvas
145.5 x 145.5 cm (57 1/4 x 57 1/4 inches)
Signed and titled in English and dated 2014 on the reverse

#14. Infinity Nets (APQ), 1999

Phillips London: 5 October 2018
Estimated: GBP 400,000 – 600,000
GBP 465,000 / USD 609,350

Yayoi Kusama 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets (APQ), 1999
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 80.5 cm (39 3/8 x 31 3/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 1999 “Infinity Nets (APQ)”‘ on the reverse

#15. Infinity Nets, 1990

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 1 April 2018
Estimated: HKD 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
HKD 4,680,000 / USD 596,280

(#615) KUSAMA YAYOI | Infinity Nets

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets, 1990
Acrylic on canvas
91.1 x 73 cm (35 7/8 x 28 3/4 inches
Signed and titled in English and dated 1990 on the reverse

#16. Nets 20, 1998

Christie’s New-York: 18 May 2018
Estimated: USD 120,000 – 180,000
USD 588,500

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Nets 20 | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Nets 20, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
53.3 x 45.7 cm (21×18 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1998 Nets 20’ (on the reverse)

#17. Infinity-Nets, 2004

SBI Art Auction: 27 October 2018
Estimated: JPY 50,000,000 – 80,000,000
JPY 60,950,000 / USD 544,970

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YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets, 2004
Acrylic on canvas
116.7 x 91 cm
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse

#18. Infinity-Net 1959, circa 1979

Bonhams Hong-Kong: 26 November 2018
Estimated: HKD 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
HKD 3,700,000 / USD 472,905

Bonhams : Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, born 1929), 草間彌生 Infinity-Net 1959

YAYOI KUSAMA (Japanese, born 1929), 草間彌生
Infinity-Net 1959, circa 1979
Acrylic on canvas
45.5 x 38 cm (17 15/16 x 14 15/16 inches)
Signed and titled in English on the reverse

#19. Nets 24, 1997

Christie’s New-York: 16 November 2018
Estimated: USD 150,000 – 200,000
USD 468,500

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Nets 24 | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Nets 24, 1997
Acrylic on canvas
45.7 x 53 cm (18 x 20 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1997 Nets 24’ (on the reverse)

#20. Original Infinity Nets, 2000

Christie’s New-York: 18 May 2018
Estimated: USD 300,000 – 500,000
USD 372,500

Yayoi Kusama (B. 1929), Original Infinity Nets | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Original Infinity Nets, 2000
Acrylic on canvas
72.7 x 60.4 cm (28 5/8 x 23 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 2000 ORIGINAL INFINITY NETS’ (on the reverse)

White Nets

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Infinity-Nets [HSO], 2016

Christie’s New-York: 14 May 2025
Estimated: USD 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
USD 3,680,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Infinity-Nets [HSO] | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Infinity-Nets [HSO], 2016
Acrylic on canvas
194×259 cm (76 3/8 x 102 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 2016 INFINITY-NETS HSO’ (on the reverse)

INFINITY-NETS (FINTTOW), 2007

Christie’s New-York: 15 May 2025
Estimated: USD 500,000 – 700,000
USD 693,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), INFINITY-NETS (FINTTOW) | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (FINTTOW), 2007
Acrylic on canvas
72.7 x 60.6 cm (28 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches)
Signed, titled in English and Japanese and dated
‘Yayoi Kusama 2007 INFINITY-NETS FINTTOW’
(on the reverse)

INFINITY-NETS [APPGF], 2017

Phillips London: 6 March 2025
Estimated: GBP 700,000 – 1,000,000
GBP 762,000 / USD 975,360

Yayoi Kusama – Modern & Contemporary A… Lot 14 March 2025 | Phillips

The Pacific Ocean, 1958

Property from the Collection of Alice Denney
Sotheby’s New-York: 13 May 2024
Estimated: USD 1,000,000 – 1,500,000
USD 4,658,000

The Pacific Ocean | Contemporary Evening Auction | 2024 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
The Pacific Ocean, 1958
Oil on canvas
122.9 x 175.9 cm (48 3/8 x 69 1/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1958 (on the reverse)

Infinity-Nets (T.OWQ), 2005

Sotheby’s London: 6 March 2024
Estimated: GBP 600,000 – 800,000
GBP 850,900 / USD 1,078,941

Infinity-Nets (T.OWQ) | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction featuring The Now | 2024 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity-Nets (T.OWQ), 2005
Acrylic on canvas
72.5 x 91 cm (28 1/2 x 35 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled twice and dated 2005 (on the reverse)

INFINITY-NETS [KLN], 2014

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 28 November 2023
Estimated: HKD 10,000,000 – 18,000,000
HKD 24,575,000 / USD 3,155,033

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS [KLN], 2014
Acrylic on canvas
194×194 cm (76 3/8 x 76 3/8 inches)
Signed, titled, and dated ‘KLN INFINITY-NETS YAYOI KUSAMA 2014’ (on the reverse)

Infinity-Nets [AOTWX], 2008

Christie’s Paris: 19 October 2023
Estimated: EUR 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
EUR 3,065,000 / USD 3,239,615

Yayoi Kusama (née en 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (Born 1929)
Infinity-Nets [AOTWX], 2008
Acrylic on canvas
194×259 cm (76 3/8 x 102 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 2008 ”INFINITY-NETS. AOTWX”’ (on the reverse)

Infinity-Nets (RAZX), 2011

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 5 October 2023
Estimated: HKD 20,000,000 – 30,000,000
HKD 18,600,000 / USD 2,375,257

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Infinity-Nets (RAZX) 無限網（RAZX） | Contemporary Evening Auction | 2023 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity-Nets (RAZX), 2011
Acrylic on canvas
162×162 cm (63 3/4 x 63 3/4 inches)
Signed, titled in English and Japanese and dated 2011 on the reverse

INFINITY-NETS (OTQWAZ), 2007

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 29 May 2023
Estimated: HKD 7,000,000 – 9,000,000
HKD 10,055,000 / USD 1,283,639

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (OTQWAZ), 2007
Acrylic on canvas
91 x 72.7 cm (35 7/8 x 28 5/8 inches)
Signed, titled, and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 2007 INFINITY-NETS OTQWAZ’ (on the reverse)

Infinity Nets (QNTBH), 2006

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 5 April 2023
Estimated: HKD 20,000,000 – 30,000,000
HKD 24,045,000 / USD 3,063,096

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Infinity Nets (QNTBH) 無限之網（QNTBH） | 50th Anniversary Contemporary Evening Auction | 2023 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets (QNTBH), 2006
Acrylic on canvas
161.9 x 130.2 cm (63 3/4 x 51 1/4 inches)
Signed, titled in English and Japanese and dated 2006 on the reverse

Infinity-Nets (OXTERAL), 2008

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 30 November 2022
Estimated: HKD 22,000,000 – 28,000,000
HKD 25,650,000 / USD 3,286,355

YAYOI KUSAMA (B.1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B.1929)
Infinity-Nets (OXTERAL), 2008
Acrylic on canvas
160.3 x 130.2 cm (63 x 51 3/4 inches)

Infinity Nets (T.W.A), 2000

Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection
Christie’s New-York: 10 November 2022
Estimated: USD 1,800,000 – 2,500,000
USD 4,140,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

REPEAT SALE

Christie’s London: 18 October 2013
Estimated: GBP 500,000 – 700,000
GBP 1,314,500 / USD 2,127,445

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) , Infinity Nets (T.W.A) | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets (T.W.A), 2000
Acrylic on canvas
193.7 x 259.1 cm (76.2 x 102 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 2000 Infinity Nets (T.W.A)’ (on the reverse)

Infinity-Nets (QOTP), 2010

Sotheby’s London: 14 October 2022
Estimated: GBP 1,800,000 – 2,500,000
GBP 3,423,000 / USD 3,837,444

Infinity-Nets (QOTP) | Contemporary Evening Auction | 2022 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (QOTP), 2010
Acrylic on canvas
194×259 cm (76.7 x 102 inches)

Infinity-Nets (QPOW), 2006

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 9 October 2022
Estimated: HKD 5,500,000 – 8,000,000
HKD 9,450,000 / USD 1,203,745

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Infinity-Nets (QPOW) 無限網（QPOW） | Contemporary Evening Auction | 2022 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

REPEAT SALE

Christie’s New-York: 27 September 2019
Estimated: USD 700,000 – 1,000,000
USD 735,000

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets (QPOW), 2006
Acrylic on canvas
91.1×72.7 cm (35.9×28.6 inches)
Signed, titled in English and Japanese and dated 2006 (on the reverse)

Infinity-Nets (KYKEY), 2017

Sotheby’s London: 2 March 2022
Estimated: GBP 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
GBP 2,273,500 / USD 3,030,570

Infinity-Nets (KYKEY) | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction | 2022 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (KYKEY), 2017
Acrylic on canvas
162×162 cm (62.7×62.7 inches)

Infinity-Nets-OPRZT, 2008

Sotheby’s London: 29 June 2021
Estimated: GBP 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
GBP 2,193,000 / USD 3,036,134

Infinity-Nets-OPRZT | 《無限網-OPRZT》 | Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity-Nets-OPRZT, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
194.3 x 259 cm (76 1/2 x 102 inches)
Signed twice, titled and dated 2008 on the reverse

Infinity-Nets (OWTTY), 2007

Seoul Auction: 2 June 2021
Estimated: KRW 1,800,000,000 – 3,000,000,000
KRW 2,200,000,000 / USD 1,981,897 (HAMMER)
KRW 2,530,000,000 / USD 2,279,182

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (OWTTY), 2007
Acrylic on canvas
130.3 x 162 cm (51 3/8 x 63 5/8 inches)

INFINITY-NETS (T.OWE), 2006

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 24 May 2021
Estimated: HKD 9,000,000 – 14,000,000
HKD 20,650,000 / USD 2,659,334

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY-NETS (T.OWE), 2006
Acrylic on canvas
162.6×162.6 cm (64×64 inches)

Red Nets

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Sunset Afterglow inside My Heart, 2020

Phillips Hong-Kong: 29 March 2026
Estimated: HKD 5,000,000 – 7,000,000
HKD 6,450,000 / USD 823,755

Yayoi Kusama Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

Yayoi Kusama, No. 2. J.B., 1960 / Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Artwork: © YAYOI KUSAMA

Within the vast oeuvre of Yayoi Kusama, Sunset Glow in My Heart occupies an exceptionally rare and distinctive position. At first glance, the work appears to be a classic ‘Infinity Nets,’ continuing the rigorous aesthetic she established in 1959. Upon closer inspection, however, it reveals itself to be a complex synthesis of her historic technique and her later emotional expression. It is a confluence of artistic currents, bridging the visual severity of her New York period with the poetic narrative of contemporary life.

“My room, my body, the entire universe was filled with [patterns]… myself was eliminated, and I had returned and been reduced to the infinity of eternal time and the absolute of space. This was not an illusion but reality.”

A defining feature of this work is its title. The majority of Kusama’s ‘Infinity Nets’ series are given cool, alphanumeric designations, such as Infinity Nets (ABCD). These codes reflect the mechanistic and depersonalized quality of the nets as a veil of nothingness. Sunset Afterglow in My Heart, however, radically breaks from this convention. It bears a deeply emotive, almost diaristic title—a form of naming typically reserved for her figurative series My Eternal Soul, which began in 2009. By bestowing such a romantically charged and melancholic title upon a “Net” painting, Kusama transforms the canvas from a pure pattern into a landscape of memory. The title becomes the key to interpreting the work, inviting the viewer to perceive the field of red not merely as an abstract symbol, but as a meteorological system of the artist’s inner world—a captured “afterglow” within her psyche. On the verso of this deeply personal work, a label bears the artist’s own emotive poetry.

Summoning you
To show me my message for God
As always, sunset afterglow
Inside my heart
Residing there
Forever
For the sake of living
LOVE
For everything that is Yayoi, and for all-encompassing Death.

Visually, this work employs Kusama’s most iconic color combination: red and white. If her initial breakthrough in the 1960s was defined by the silence of white nets on white grounds—her so-called “negative space” paintings—then the introduction of high-contrast red marked a decisive turn towards vitality. In Kusama’s lexicon, red is the color of the sun, the color of blood, and the color of biological obsession. It evokes the primal energy of her early “Accumulation” soft sculptures, imbuing the canvas with a pulsating, organic life force.

On the picture plane, while this is a flat painting, it is imbued with a sculptural quality. The very accumulation of pigment creates undulating layers and a sense of handcrafted texture. Simple circles transform into a repeated, combined motif. Here, Kusama explores form in a manner entirely her own.

This work stands as a quintessential example of Kusama’s late style. Created when the artist was 91 years old, this 2020 piece differs markedly from the tense, anxious brushwork of her youth. Instead, it exhibits a confident, rhythmic breathing. The paint is applied with a fluid ease; this sense of relaxation suggests a master who has come to terms with her own obsessions. The circles are no longer a confining cage but rather an undulating wave, creating a visual field that feels less like imprisonment and more like meditation.

The historical backdrop against which this painting was created cannot be overlooked. The year 2020 was when the world ground to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, she issued a rare public statement, declaring that “the entire world is fighting.” Created during this specific window of global anxiety, Sunset Afterglow inside My Heart can be interpreted as a profound declaration of resilience. For Kusama, painting the nets is an apotropaic ritual, a way of imposing order upon chaos. By choosing to title a work from this year, she focuses on the light that persists after the day’s end—a message of hope and endurance from an artist who has spent her life seeking survival through art.

Infinity-Nets (RDUEL), 2018

Christie’s New-York: 21 November 2024
Estimated: USD 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
USD 2,107,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Infinity-Nets (RDUEL) | Christie’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Infinity-Nets (RDUEL), 2018
Acrylic on canvas
194×194 cm (76 3/8 x 76 3/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 2018 INFINITY-NETS RDUEL’ (on the reverse)

Nets – Infinity, 2004

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 11 November 2024
Estimated: HKD 11,000,000 – 14,000,000
HKD 10,080,000 / USD 1,296,410

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Nets – Infinity 網 – 無限 | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction | 2024 | Sotheby’s

YAYOI KUSAMA (1929 – )
Nets – Infinity, 2004
Acrylic on canvas
161.9 x 161.9 cm (63 3/4 x  63 3/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 2004 (on the reverse)

The Sea in the Evening Glow (B) Facing the Imminent Death, 1990

Sotheby’s London: 25 June 2024
Estimated: GBP 900,000 – 1,200,000
GBP 1,140,000 / USD 1,445,520

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YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
The Sea in the Evening Glow (B) Facing the Imminent Death, 1990
Acrylic on canvas
161.5 x 130.5 cm (63 5/8 x 51 3/8 inches)
Signed, titled in Japanese and dated 1990 (on the reverse)

INFINITY, 1995

Bonhams Hong-Kong: 25 May 2024
Estimate on Request
HKD 46,434,000 / USD 5,946,977

Bonhams : Yayoi Kusama (B.1929) INFINITY

INFINITY-NETS (ZXSSAO), 2008

Phillips London: 7 March 2024
Estimated: GBP 1,800,000 – 2,500,000
GBP 2,105,000 / USD 2,669,140

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Contempor… Lot 8 March 2024 | Phillips

Infinity Nets (ACWRTO), 2013

Christie’s New-York: 7 November 2023
Estimated: USD 1,800,000 – 2,500,000
USD 2,107,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Infinity Nets (ACWRTO), 2013
Acrylic on canvas
162.2 cm x 162.2 cm (63 7/8 x 63 7/8 inches)
signed, titled and dated ‘ACWRTO INFINITY-NETS YAYOI KUSAMA 2013’ (on the reverse)

INFINITY NETS (GGF), 2017

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 24 September 2023
Estimated: HKD 13,800,000 – 18,800,000
HKD 16,710,000 / USD 2,136,746

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY NETS (GGF), 2017
Acrylic on canvas
146.2 x 112 cm (57 1/2 x 44 1/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 2017 INFINITY NETS GGF’ (on the reverse)

INFINITY-NETS (OOAXT), 2008

Christie’s London: 28 June 2023
Estimated: GBP 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
GBP 1,734,000 / USD 2,190,775

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

REPEAT SALE

Christie’s Shanghai: 23 October 2014
Estimated: CNY 3,000,000 – 4,300,000
CNY 3,870,000 / USD 632,630

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (OOAXT), 2008
Acrylic on canvas
130.3 x 130.3 cm (51 1/4 x 51 1/4 inches)
Signed twice, titled and dated ‘OOAXT INFINITY-NETS YAYOI KUSAMA Yayoi Kusama 2008’
(on the reverse)

INFINITY-NETS (TWXOB), 2014

Sotheby’s New-York: 19 May 2023
Estimated: USD 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
USD 2,964,000

INFINITY-NETS (TWXOB) | Contemporary Day Auction | 2023 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b.1929)
INFINITY-NETS (TWXOB), 2014
Acrylic on canvas
130.5 x 130.5 cm (51 3/8 x 51 3/8 inches)
Signed, titled, titled in Japanese and dated 2014 (on the reverse)

INFINITY NETS (BSGK), 2015

Poly Auction Hong-Kong: 11 July 2022
Estimated: HKD 16,500,000 – 25,000,000
HKD 19,800,000 / USD 2,522,389

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY NETS (BSGK), 2015
Acrylic on canvas
162×162 cm (63.8 x 63.8 inches)

INFINITY-NETS (OPRT), 2004

Phillips Hong-Kong: 30 November 2021
Estimated: HKD 15,000,000 – 25,000,000
HKD 22,635,000 / USD 2,903,076

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Conte… Lot 18 November 2021 | Phillips

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY-NETS (OPRT), 2004
Acrylic on canvas
193×193 cm (75.9×75.9 inches)

Painted in 2004, INFINITY-NETS (OPRT) is an exquisite example from Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s ground-breaking series of Infinity Nets. Veiled in a shimmering lattice of intricately applied loops, dots, and curls, the vibrant rose and pearl colored canvas mesmerizes with ethereal radiance that beckons us closer, enveloping the viewer in poetic splendor. The delicacies of the contours subtly unfold across the painting like billowing cotton-candy clouds, as Kusama melds the observable with the spiritual to obliterate the picture plane into boundlessness, perfectly epitomizing the artist’s notion of the infinity. Created almost half a century after she began her renowned Infinity Nets body of works, INFINITY-NETS (OPRT) exemplifies Kusama’s matured approach. Differing to her early oil paint iterations, the present work is rendered in glimmering sapphire-pink and white acrylic paint on canvas – owing to a pivotal shift of medium the artist undertook in the early 1980s. Whilst this transition nods to Kusama’s early nihonga water-based experimentations, the quicker drying time of acrylic reflects the artist’s relentless endurance to make sense of the world and herself, through her art, with remarkable ferocity.

Infinity-Nets (GKT), 2015

Christie’s London: 15 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 800,000 – 1,200,000
GBP 1,702,500 / USD 2,342,137

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (GKT), 2015
Acrylic on canvas
145.5×112 cm (57.3×44.1 inches)

A blazing constellation of red dots bound together by an intricate painterly web, the present work is a vivid example of Yayoi Kusama’s celebrated Infinity Nets. Wrought from delicate skeins of impasto, the surface confronts the viewer as a shimmering optical matrix of lines and apertures, seemingly endless in its luminous depths. Begun in earnest following her move to New York in the late 1950s, Kusama’s Infinity Nets represent the cornerstone of her practice. Though conversant with the aesthetics of Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism that dominated the art world during that period, they occupied a uniquely personal territory, representing the manifestation of hallucinations that had haunted the artist since childhood. In these visions, dots, flowers and nets would proliferate indefinitely over her body and surroundings. Kusama’s first ever hallucination, notably, was dominated by the color red, lending the present work a poignant retrospective quality.

Infinity-Nets (KPEU), 2016

Seoul Auction: 24 August 2021
Estimated: KRW 1,700,000,000 – 3,000,000,000
KRW 2,550,000,000 / USD 2,187,377 (HAMMER)
KRW 2,932,500,000 / USD 2,515,484

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (KPEU), 2016
Acrylic on canvas
111.9 x 145.8 cm (44 1/16 x 57 7/16 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on reverse

Infinity-Nets (GKSG), 2010

Seoul Auction: 23 March 2021
Estimated: KRW 1,300,000,000 – 2,000,000,000
KRW 2,300,000,000 / USD 2,035,617 (HAMMER)
KRW 2,645,000,000 / USD 2,340,960

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (GKSG), 2010
Acrylic on canvas
162×162 cm (63 13/16 x 57 13/16 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on reverse

Gold Nets

Infinity Nets (WKG), 2015

Sotheby’s London: 6 March 2024
Estimated: GBP 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
GBP 1,621,000 / USD 2,055,428

Infinity Nets (WKG) | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction featuring The Now | 2024 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets (WKG), 2015
Acrylic on canvas
145.5 x 145.5 cm (57 1/4 x 57 1/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 2015 (on the reverse)

INFINITY-NETS (BAJO), 2013

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 28 May 2023
Estimated: HKD 19,000,000 – 25,000,000
HKD 23,365,000 / USD 2,982,817

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

REPEAT SALE

Ravenel Taipei: 5 December 2021
Estimated: TWD 55,000,000 – 70,000,000
TWD 64,160,000 / USD 2,317,492

Ravenel | Yayoi KUSAMA《Infinity – Nets [ BAJO ]》 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2021 Taipei Lot 225

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
INFINITY-NETS (BAJO), 2013
Acrylic on canvas
145.5 x 145.5 cm (57 1/4 x 57 1/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘INFINITY-NETS 2013 YAYOI KUSAMA BAJO’ (on the reverse)

INFINITY-NETS (GMBKA), 2013

Phillips Hong-Kong: 1 December 2022
Estimated: HKD 12,000,000 – 18,000,000
HKD 12,592,000 / USD 1,618,965

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Conte… Lot 12 December 2022 | Phillips

REPEAT SALE

Phillips Hong-Kong: 23 November 2019
Estimated: HKD 6,000,000 – 8,000,000
HKD 7,710,000 / USD 985,380

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Conte… Lot 28 November 2019 | Phillips

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY-NETS (GMBKA), 2013
Acrylic on canvas
162×131 cm (63 3/4 x 51 5/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘”GMBKA INFINITY-NETS” YAYOI KUSAMA 2013’ on the reverse

Infinity Nets (TWHOQ), 2006

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 30 November 2022
Estimated: HKD 28,000,000 – 38,000,000
HKD 53,250,000 / USD 6,822,549

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

REPEAT SALE

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 25 May 2019
Estimated: HKD 25,000,000 – 35,000,000
HKD 27,725,000 / USD 3,532,252

YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Infinity Nets (TWHOQ), 2006
Acrylic on canvas (triptych)
Each: 194 x 130.3 cm (76 3/8 x 51 1/4 inches) (3)
Overall: 194 x 390.9 cm (76 3/8 x 153 7/8 inches)

GOLD-INFINITY-NETS, 2015

China Guardian HK: 9 October 2022
Estimated: HKD 12,000,000 – 22,000,000
HKD 48,630,000 / USD 6,191,141

Auction | China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. (cguardian.com.hk)

YAYOI KUSAMA
GOLD-INFINITY-NETS, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
145.5 x 145.5 cm (57 1/4 x 57 1/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on reverse

Infinity-Nets (KGFZH), 2017

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 26 May 2022
Estimated: HKD 16,000,000 – 26,000,000
HKD 19,650,000 / USD 2,503,216

YAYOI KUSAMA (B.1929), Infinity-Nets (KGFZH) | Christie’s (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B.1929)
Infinity-Nets (KGFZH), 2017
Acrylic on canvas
162×162 cm (63 3/4 x 63 3/4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 2017 INFINITY-NETS KGFZH’ (on the reverse)

Gold Sky Nets, 2015

Seoul Auction: 26 October 2021
Estimated: 1,700,000,000 – 3,000,000,000
KRW 3,650,000,000 / USD 3,125,309 (HAMMER)
KRW 4,197,500,000 / USD 3,594,105

REPEAT SALE

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 19 April 2021
HKD 9,250,000 / USD 1,191,058

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Gold-Sky-Nets 黃金天網 | Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Gold-Sky-Nets, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
112×145.5 cm (41.1×57.3 inches)

Infinity Nets [OPQR], 2007

Christie’s London: 15 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 700,000 – 1,000,000
GBP 1,702,500 / USD 2,342,137

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets [OPQR], 2007
Acrylic on canvas
91×73 cm (35.8×28.7 inches)

With its dynamic, lacy webs of gold impasto woven over a deep black backdrop, the present work is an exquisite example of the Infinity Nets that are Yayoi Kusama’s defining painterly achievement. The metallic pigment is applied in countless small, looping strokes, which are far from mechanical in their repetition: rather than following any rigid system, they spiral out from various nodal centres across the canvas, creating an organic, all-consuming surface whose warp and weft appears to pulse and vibrate. To create these works Kusama paints obsessively, sometimes for forty or fifty hours at a time, in a process of meditative self-transcendence. While driven partly by the memory of phantasmagoric visions she suffered during her childhood, the Infinity Nets ultimately go beyond the biographical, evoking vast, unfathomable forces that lie outside the limits of human imagination. Infinity-Nets (OPQR) was created in 2007, shortly after Kusama was awarded the 2006 Praemium Imperiale for Painting, Japan’s most prestigious international art prize.

Nets-Infinity (OPQA), 2004

Christie’s New-York: 14 May 2021
Estimated: USD 500,000 – 700,000
USD 870,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Nets-Infinity (OPQA) | Christie’s (christies.com)

REPEAT SALE

Sotheby’s New-York: 15 May 2014
Estimated: USD 150,000 – 200,000
USD 245,000

(#218) Yayoi Kusama

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Nets-Infinity (OPQA), 2004
Acrylic on canvas
130.3 x 97.2 cm (51 3/8 x 38 1/2 inches)
Signed, titled in English and Japanese and dated ‘NETS-INFINITY Yayoi Kusama OPQA 2004’ (on the reverse)

Silver Nets

INFINITY NETS (ZGHEB), 2007

Phillips Hong-Kong: 31 May 2024
Estimated: HKD 20,000,000 – 30,000,000
HKD 25,860,000 / USD 3,310,716

Yayoi Kusama – Modern & Contemporary Art… Lot 12 May 2024 | Phillips

Enlightenment Means Living a Life Unconcernedly, 2008

Christie’s New-York: 14 May 2024
Estimated: USD 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
USD 4,406,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Enlightenment Means Living a Life Unconcernedly | Christie’s (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Enlightenment Means Living a Life Unconcernedly, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
194 x 259.1 cm (76 3/8 x 102 inches)
Signed, titled in Japanese and English, and dated (on the reverse)

INFINITY-NETS (TTWAM), 2007

Silver Nets (EOKI), 2015

Phillips London: 15 October 2021
Estimated: GBP 1,200,000 – 1,500,000
GBP 1,837,500 / USD 2,527,858

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Contem… Lot 23 October 2021 | Phillips

YAYOI KUSAMA
Silver Nets (EOKI), 2015
Acrylic on canvas
162.2×130.5 cm (63.9×51.4 inches)

In its endlessly repeating knots of shimmering silver covering a barely discernible black ground reconfigured by the eye into a vibrating expanse of polka dots, Yayoi Kusama’s Silver-Nets (EOKI) is a particularly dynamic example of the artist’s highly significant Infinity Nets series. Evoking at once the molecular and the cosmic, the expansively infinite and deeply intimate, Kusuma first embarked on her series of vast nets shortly after her move to New York in 1958, when Abstract Expressionism was at its zenith. In her blending of seriality with modes of all-over painting Kusama sought not only to disrupt distinctions between figure and ground, but to obliterate the nature of canvas completely, allowing it to merge with herself, the room and ultimately, the entire universe.

Silver Nets (BTRUX), 2014

Seoul Auction: 22 June 2021
Estimated: KRW 1,800,000,000 – 2,500,000,000
KRW 2,900,000,000 / USD 2,549,564 (HAMMER)
KRW 3,335,000,000 / USD 2,931,999

YAYOI KUSAMA
Silver Nets (BTRUX), 2014
Acrylic on canvas
130.3 x 130.3 cm (51 5/16 x 51 5/16 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on reverse

Black Nets

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Black & Black, 1961

China Guardian Hong-Kong: 8 October 2024
Estimated: HKD 12,000,000 – 18,000,000
HKD 14,190,000 / USD 1,827,090

Auction | China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd.

Nets in the Night (TPXZZOT), 2007

Phillips New-York: 14 May 2024
Estimated: USD 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
USD 1,875,000

Yayoi Kusama – Modern & Contemporary Art… Lot 11 May 2024 | Phillips

Infinity-Nets (KMNG), 2012

Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection
Christie’s New-York: 10 November 2022
Estimated: USD 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
USD 2,280,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (KMNG), 2012
Acrylic on canvas
162×162 cm (63 3/4 x 63 3/4 inches)
Signed, titled, dated and inscribed ‘INFINITY-NETS YAYOI KUSAMA 2012 KMNG’ (on the reverse)

Infinity Nets (SENN), 2011

Phillips London: 3 March 2022
Estimated: GBP 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
GBP 1,293,000 / USD 1,722,392

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Contempo… Lot 33 March 2022 | Phillips

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets (SENN), 2011
Acrylic on canvas
130×130 cm (51.1 x 51.1 inches)

Green Nets

Infinity-Nets Green (TTZO), 2005

Seoul Auction: 28 March 2023
Estimated: KRW 2,300,000,000 – 5,000,000,000
KRW 2,950,000,000 / USD 2,274,450

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets Green (TTZO), 2005
Acrylic on canvas
194 x 130.3 cm (76.4 x 51.3 inches)

INFINITY-NETS (UAFE), 2016

Phillips London: 14 October 2022
Estimated: GBP 1,000,000 – 1,500,000
GBP 990,500 / USD 1,110,426

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Contem… Lot 18 October 2022 | Phillips

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY-NETS (UAFE), 2016
Acrylic on canvas
131.4 x 97.2 cm (51.7 x 38.2 inches)

Unfolding in undulating waves of brilliant emerald green, INFINITY-NETS (UAFE) is a stunning, unusual example of Yayoi Kusama’s iconic series. Painted in 2016, in the same year as the Japanese artist was awarded the prestigious Order of Culture by the Imperial Family, this mature work represents the culmination of Kusama’s life-long fascination with her signature repeating motif and the zenith of her incredible 70-year career. Created over half a century after her first Infinity Net painting, INFINITY-NETS (UAFE) emphasizes the privileged position that the series continues to occupy in Kusama’s pioneering practice, and its role developing a contemporary language of abstraction. Expansive, immersive, and beautifully delicate, the endlessly repeating and scalloped patterns of the present work resonate well beyond the limitations of the canvas, extending through her entire Infinity Net series out to her earliest soft sculptures, obliteration rooms, and provocative performances through to the mirrored environments and Infinity Rooms that are currently the subject of sell-out exhibitions worldwide.

Infinity-Nets (WFTO), 2016

Seoul Auction: 29 July 2021
Estimated: KRW 1,500,000,000 – 2,500,000,000
KRW 3,100,000,000 / USD 2,714,209 (HAMMER)
KRW 3,565,000,000 / USD 3,121,340

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity-Nets (WFTO), 2016
Acrylic on canvas
130.3 x 130.3 cm (51 5/16 x 51 5/16 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on reverse

Blue Nets

INFINITY-NETS TOWPP, 2008

New Art Est-Ouest Auctions: 24 September 2022
Estimated: JPY 180,000,000 – 280,000,000
JPY 257,700,000 / USD 1,797,650

YAYOI KUSAMA
INFINITY-NETS TOWPP, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
162×162 cm (63.8 x 63.8 inches)

Infinity Nets [OTWHON], 2014

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 1 December 2021
Estimated: HKD 14,000,000 – 22,000,000
HKD 19,450,000 / USD 2,496,342

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Infinity Nets [OTWHON], 2014
Acrylic on canvas
144.8×144.8 cm (57×57 inches)

Nets Obsession, 2004

Phillips Hong-Kong: 8 June 2021
Estimated: HKD 10,000,000 – 15,000,000
HKD 25,660,000 / USD 3,306,743

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Contempor… Lot 25 June 2021 | Phillips

YAYOI KUSAMA
Nets Obsession, 2004
Acrylic on canvas
162.3×162.3 cm (63.9×63.9 inches)

Small Early Nets (1990-2001)

Nets (A.B.C), 1990

Nets Infinity, 2001

Sotheby’ New-York: 16 November 2023
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 127,000

Nets Infinity | Contemporary Day Auction | 2023 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Nets Infinity, 2001
Acrylic on canvas
15.9 x 22.9 cm (6 1/4 x 9 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 2001 (on the reverse)

Nets, 1998

Christie’s New-York: 10 November 2023
Estimated: USD 500,000 – 700,000
USD 756,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Nets, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
65.4 x 53.3 cm (25 3/4 x 21 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1998 Nets’ (on the reverse)

Kusama’s 1998 Nets is a mesmerizing exploration of repetition and infinity, the canvas serving as a portal to an ethereal realm of pattern. Through intricate, undulating configurations of nets, Kusama creates a sense of boundlessness that transcends the canvas. The nets, meticulously rendered with countless tiny loops, convey a sense of obsessive precision, and create a visual tapestry that seems to extend beyond the physical boundaries of the artwork.

“This endless repetition caused a kind of dizzy, empty, hypnotic feeling.”

Red has held a profound desirability throughout art history, captivating artists and viewers alike. It is a color of immense symbolic power, signifying both passion and danger, love and anger. In the art of the Renaissance, red was reserved for religious subjects, symbolizing divinity, or to denote wealth and social status. In more recent art movements like Abstract Expressionism, red became a conduit for raw emotion and intensity. Artists like Mark Rothko harnessed its depth to convey complex feelings. Beyond symbolism, red is inherently attention-grabbing, easily drawing the eye and conveying a sense of urgency or vitality. Its power not only lies in its significance throughout art history but also in its primordial ability to evoke visceral reactions and leave a lasting impression on the viewer.

Nets 34, 1998

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 6 October 2023
Estimated: HKD 1,500,000 – 3,200,000
HKD 1,905,000 / USD 243,245

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Nets 34 網34號 | Contemporary Day Auction | 2023 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Nets 34, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
38 x 45.5 cm (15 x 17 7/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1998 on the reverse

Nets 52, 1997

Phillips London: 30 June 2023
Estimated: GBP 150,000 – 250,000
GBP 177,800 / USD 225,949

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century to Now London Lot 22 June 2023 | Phillips

Nets, 1998

Christie’s online: 21 April 2023
Estimated: HKD 1,000,000 – 2,000,000
HKD 1,386,000 / USD 176,612

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Nets | Christie’s (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Nets, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
24.5 x 33.5 cm (9 5/8 x 13 1/4 in)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1998 Nets’ (on the reverse)

Infinity Nets (ZYA), 1999

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 6 April 2023
Estimated: HKD 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
HKD 3,429,000 / USD 436,821

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Infinity Nets (ZYA) 無限網 (ZYA) | Contemporary Day Auction | 2023 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets (ZYA), 1999
Acrylic on canvas
45.5 x 38.4 cm (17 7/8 x 15 1/8 inches)
Signed in English, titled in English and Japanese, and dated 1999 on the reverse

Infinity Nets, 2002

Phillips London: 13 October 2022
Estimated: GBP 120,000 – 180,000
GBP 201,600 / USD 228,676

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Conte… Lot 128 October 2022 | Phillips

Uchu (Universe), 1994

Sotheby’s London: 30 June 2022
Estimated: GBP 300,000 – 500,000
GBP 1,003,000 / USD 1,219,601

YAYOI KUSAMA
Uchu (Universe), 1994
Acrylic on canvas
91×73 cm (35.9 x 28.7 inches)

Executed in 1994, Uchu (Space/Universe) forms part of Kusama’s most acclaimed body of work and her longest-running series, which she began after moving to New York in 1958. The series is instantly recognizable through Kusama’s repetitive curved brushstrokes, semicircular patterns and dichromatic palettes that mark a shift from the singular abstract biomorphic forms of her youth to a more obsessive, repetitive style which would come to define her oeuvre. Created through the intersection of two parallel picture planes, the works succeed in building a non-hierarchical, non-objective work motivated by compulsive tendencies. The series is both a manifestation and coping mechanism for her obsessive-compulsive disorder and hallucinatory visions brought on by her psychological state. Kusama struggled with visions of infinitely oscillating, kaleidoscopic patterns throughout her childhood in Japan, the memories of which she has described in her own words: “I was always standing at the center of the obsession, over the passionate accretion and repetition inside of me” (Yayoi Kusama quoted in: Laura Hoptman, Yayoi Kusama, London, 2000, p. 103). It was not until her arrival in the United States, however, that Kusama found the means of channeling her psychosomatic visions and tendencies into the paintings that would form the beginning of the iconic Infinity Nets series. Working with a focus that is both obsessive and meditative, Kusama would move her brush across the canvas with precise, minute flicks of the wrist, carefully weaving the complex skein of overlapping loops to create an undulating pattern that calls to mind the simultaneously mesmerizing and terrifying glimpse of infinity one experiences before a seemingly endless expanse of shimmering water.

Infinity Net, 1992

Phillips Hong-Kong: 21 June 2022
Estimated: HKD 2,800,000 – 3,500,000
HKD 3,780,000 / USD 481,540

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Contempo… Lot 210 June 2022 | Phillips

A stunning example of art-world phenomenon Yayoi Kusama’s acclaimed series of Infinity Net paintings, the present work dazzles in its exploration of spatial abstraction and the concept of infinitude. Painted in 1992, a year prior to Kusama becoming the first Japanese artist to participate in the prestigious Venice Biennale as an individual, the kaleidoscopic canvas is composed of an endless maze of oscillating, ruby-red and white geometric shapes, creating a net-like effect as denoted by the work’s title.

Nets 55, 1999

Sotheby’s London: 3 March 2022
Estimated: GBP 70,000 – 100,000
GBP 189,000 / USD 251,765

Nets 55 | Modern & Contemporary Day Auction | 2022 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Nets 55, 1999
Acrylic on canvas
8 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches (22.8 x 16.1 cm)
Signed, titled and dated 1997 on the reverse

Nets 37, 1998

Christie’s New-York: 14 May 2021
Estimated: USD 200,000 – 300,000
USD 500,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Nets 37 | Christie’s (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Nets 37, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
41 x 32.1 cm (16 1/8 x 12 5/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1998 Nets 37’ (on the reverse)

“You might say that I came under the spell of repetition and aggregation. My nets grew beyond myself and beyond the canvases I was covering with them. They began to cover walls, the ceiling, and finally the whole universe. I was always standing at the center of the obsession, over the passionate accretion and repetition inside me.”

Infinity Nets, 1989

Sotheby’s London: 26 March 2021
Estimated: GBP 100,000 – 150,000
GBP 315,000 / USD 434,542

Infinity Nets | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 2021 | Sotheby’s (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets, 1989
Acrylic on canvas
12 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches (31.8 x 41 cm)
Signed, titled, dated 1989 and variously inscribed in Japanese on the reverse

Executed in 1989, Infinity Nets forms part of Kusama’s most acclaimed body of work and her longest-running series, which she began after moving to New York in 1958. The series is instantly recognizable through Kusama’s repetitive curved brushstrokes, semicircular patterns and dichromatic palettes that mark a shift from the singular abstract biomorphic forms of her youth to a more obsessive, repetitive style which would come to define her oeuvre. Created through the intersection of two parallel picture planes, the works succeed in building a non-hierarchical, non-objective work motivated by compulsive tendencies. The series is both a manifestation and coping mechanism for her obsessive-compulsive disorder and hallucinatory visions brought on by psychological trauma and represents a half-century long exploration of her psychological state. The present work is comprised of an intricate lattice of geometric shapes forming a net which extends beyond the picture plane to suggest an infinite abyss. Rendered in deep red brushstrokes juxtaposed against a black underlay, Infinity Nets depicts a shallow surface of geometric, intertwining small arcs.

Early Nets (1960s)

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Net-Obsession, 1964

Sotheby’s New-York: 19 November 2025
Estimated: USD 700,000 – 1,000,000
USD 1,079,500

Net-Obsession | Contemporary Day Auction | 2025 | Sotheby’s

REPEAT SALE

Sotheby’s New-York: 15 May 2013
Estimated: USD 350,000 – 450,000
USD 557,000

(#180) Yayoi Kusama

YAYOI KUSAMA (b. 1929)
Net-Obsession, 1964
Oil on canvas
50.8 x 40.6 cm (20×16 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1964 twice (on the reverse)
Titled (on the stretcher)

Infinity Nets 1959, circa 1979

Christie’s New-York: 29 September 2023
Estimated: USD 250,000 – 350,000
USD 214,200

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YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Infinity Nets 1959, circa 1979
Acrylic on canvas
41 x 31.8 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/2 inches)
Signed, inscribed and titled ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 1959 INFINITY NETS’ (on the reverse)

Accretions II, 1967

Christie’s New-York: 18 May 2023
Estimated: USD 700,000 – 1,000,000
USD 478,800

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Accretions II | Christie’s (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Accretions II, 1967
Oil on canvas
44.8 x 55.2 cm (17 5/8 x 21 3/4 inches)
Signed and dated ‘Y. Kusama 67’ (on the reverse)

Nets Blue, 1960

Phillips New-York: 15 November 2022
Estimated: USD 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
USD 2,450,000

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Conte… Lot 26 November 2022 | Phillips

REPEAT SALE

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 27 May 2017
Estimated: HKD 5,500,000 – 8,000,000
HKD 16,860,000 / USD 2,163,507

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YAYOI KUSAMA
Nets Blue, 1960
Oil on board
51.4 x 42.2 cm (20 1/4 x 16 5/8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated “KUSAMA 1960 NETS BLUE” on the reverse

Red Nets, 1966

Sotheby’s Singapore: 28 August 2022
Estimated: SGD 420,000 – 750,000
SGD 945,000 / USD 678,294

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Red nets 紅色無限網 | Modern & Contemporary Auction | 2022 | Sotheby’s

REPEAT SALE

Christie’s New-York: 12 November 2021
Estimated: USD 300,000 – 500,000
USD 600,000

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929), Red Nets | Christie’s (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Red Nets, 1966
oil on canvasboard
61 x 50.5 cm (24 x 19 7⁄8 inches)
Signed, titled and dated KUSAMA RED NETS 1966 on the reverse

Untitled (Nets), 1959

Phillips New-York: 18 May 2022
Estimated: USD 5,000,000 – 7,000,000
USD 10,496,000

Yayoi Kusama – 20th Century & Contempora… Lot 11 May 2022 | Phillips

YAYOI KUSAMA
Untitled (Nets), 1959
Oil on canvas
130.8×116.5 cm (51.5×46 inches)

Hudson River, 1960

Bonhams New-York: 12 May 2021
Estimated: USD 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
USD 3,990,312

Bonhams : YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) Hudson River 1960

YAYOI KUSAMA
Hudson River, 1960
Oil on canvas
71.7×60.3 cm (28.2×23.7 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1960 (on the reverse)

Mississipi River, 1960

Bonhams New-York: 12 May 2021
Estimated: USD 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
USD 3,630,312

Bonhams : YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) Mississippi River 1960

YAYOI KUSAMA
Mississippi River, 1960
Oil on canvas
60.3×71.7 cm (23.7×28.2 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1960 (on the reverse)

Untitled, 1965

Bonhams New-York: 12 May 2021
Estimated: USD 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
USD 4,590,312

Bonhams : YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) Untitled 1965

Interminable Net #4, 1959

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 1 April 2019
Estimated: HKD 50,000,000 – 70,000,000
HKD 62,433,000 / USD 7,953,525

(#1144) KUSAMA YAYOI | Interminable Net #4 (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
Interminable Net #4, 1959
Oil on canvas
143.5 x 108.6 cm (54 1/2 x 42 3/4 inches)
Signed in English, titled and dated 1959 on the reverse

White No. 28, 1960

Christie’s New-York: 12 November 2014
Estimated: USD 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
USD 7,109,000

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Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
White No. 28, 1960
Oil on canvas
147.6 x 111.1 cm (58 1/8 x 43 3/4 inches)
Signed and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA 1960’ (lower left)

No. Red B, 1960

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 4 October 2015
Estimated: HKD 30,000,000 – 40,000,000
HKD 54,520,000 / USD 7,034,875

(#1062) Kusama Yayoi (sothebys.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA
No. Red B, 1960
Oil on canvas
175.5 x 132.8 cm (69.1 x 52.3 inches)
Signed and titled in English and dated 1960 on the reverse

Statue of Venus Obliterated by Infinity Nets

Statue of Venus Obliterated by Infinity Nets, 1998

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 28 May 2023
Estimated: HKD 7,000,000 – 16,000,000
HKD 20,340,000 / USD 2,596,640

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929) (christies.com)

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Statue of Venus Obliterated by Infinity Nets, 1998
Acrylic on fiberglass and canvas
Statue: 216 (H) x 64 x 70 cm (85 x 25 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches)
Canvas: 227.5 x 145.8 cm. (89 5/8 x 57 3/8 inches)
Statue: signed, titled, numbered and dated ‘YAYOI KUSAMA STATUE OF VENUS OBLITERATED BY INFINITY NETS 9/10 1998’ (on the lower side)
Canvas: signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1998 Nets No.9 (Venus)’ (on the reverse)
Edition: 9/10 (unique color variant)

Over two metres tall, Statue of Venus Obliterated by Infinity Nets debuted in 1998 at the exhibition YAYOI KUSAMA: NOW at Robert Miller Gallery, New York. Created in the pivotal year when Kusama concurrently had her momentous institutional retrospectives Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1968 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art, the present work is one of the ten editions that Kusama amalgamates her iconic Infinity Nets painting with a life-size statue.

Among each unique edition that disguises the goddess statue in different palettes of Infinity Nets, the present work is the only edition rendered in vibrant magenta, a tint that is neither cool nor warm, and that stands for universal love and courage. Subjugating the divine statue of Venus de Milo with her signature hypnotic open loops, Kusama camouflaged the fluid and elegant contours of the Greek goddess against the dazzling infinity net canvas in the background. Here in myriad magenta loops sprawling across an underlayer of midnight black is an avant-garde intervention on a classical ideology through ‘obliteration’, a concept Kusama has spent her whole life exploring in many and various ways. ‘Polka dots can’t stay alone. When we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots we become part of the unity of our environments,’ Kusama famously affirmed.

Kusama’s Infinity Nets remains one of the most arresting visual lexicons that shapes the discourse of post-war and contemporary art, and its formation can be traced back to the ongoing hallucinations the artist has suffered since childhood. Born in 1929 to a well-to-do family that runs a plant nursery business in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Kusama began to experience hallucinations of seeing multiplying patterns on everything around her at the age of ten. Coping with this illness throughout her life, Kusama painted her vision in order to fight against her fear, which she later acknowledged as a process of ‘self-obliteration’.

“When I was a child, one day I was walking the field, then all of a sudden, the sky became bright over the mountains, and I saw clearly the very image I was about to paint appear in the sky.
I also saw violets which I was painting multiply to cover the doors, windows and even my body. It was then I learned the idea of self-obliteration.
I immediately transferred the idea onto a canvas. It was hallucination only the mentally ill can experience.”

By 1959 Kusama moved to New York and painted her seminal net-like painting titled Pacific Ocean, an archetype of her career-defining white Infinity Nets series that garnered modest praises by artists and critics. Kusama channels her ongoing hallucinations through perseveringly drawing those tiny loops with a discrete movement of her wrist, a gesture that is both obsessive and therapeutic. As Kusama further expanded her Infinity Nets in various scales, such repetitive paradigm evolves into the forms of mirrored installation, soft accumulated sculptures, self-obliteration mannequins as well as the notorious happenings she staged on the streets of New York City, all with one single goal: to unite with the universe through the means of obliteration.

Burgeoning from the artist’s pioneering self-obliterating body collages and happenings from the 60s, Statue of Venus Obliterated by Infinity Nets marks an unrivalled breakthrough as Kusama introduced an iconic cultural artefact into her ‘self-obliteration’ practices. By masking the timeless marble statue of Venus de Milo that symbolizes infinite beauty and love with her signature Infinity Nets, Kusama went from delineating her own ‘psycho-somatic art’ to probing into the historical paradox of this famous Greek statue housed in The Louvre since the early 19^th century. First branded as a classical Greek sculpture of Venus by great sculptor Praxiteles to the public, it has successfully become an emblem of national pride when France was still recovering from Napoleonic wars. Though only by the 1950s has the museum revealed the statue was, in fact, a statue of Aphrodite made under the hands of little-known Hellenistic sculptor Alexandros of Antioch.

For Kusama who struggled her way in New York during the 60s in the realm of a male-dominated art world, Venus de Milo is not merely an emblem of Western divine art as it also exposes, though indirectly, the prejudices in the history of art connived by institutions. Such dimension of Venus de Milo resonates with Kusama as a female artist that fought hard to be treated the same during her early years. The saturated magenta pigment on the dark background reminisces the intimate tone that dominated an early Kusama’s self-portrait in a form of prickly pink seed, making the present work an aptly self-reflection of the artist at the pinnacle of her career where she is no longer the footnote but the subject in the discourse of contemporary art. Like the Venus in the present work, Kusama surrendered herself to her art by standing in front of her works in her polka-dot outfits. Here, an immortal figure of universal love and beauty that shields from the outer world in the Infinity Nets, is at once ‘herself’ and the universe. Statue of Venus Obliterated by Infinity Nets is a testimony of Kusama’s enduring avant-garde spirit that will continue to conquer our world with the self-manifesting power of Infinity Nets.

Statue of Venus Obliterated by Infinity Nets, 1998

Seoul Auction: 22 February 2022
Estimate on Request
KRW 5,192,000,000 / USD 4,428,548

YAYOI KUSAMA
Statue of Venus Obliterated by Infinity Nets, 1998
Mixed Media
Signed, titled, dated and inscribed 4/10 on the podium of the statue
Signed, dated and inscribed “Nets No.4 (Venus)’ on the reverse of the canvas