Infinity-Nets OPYTSDB (Gold), 2007
Acrylic on canvas
200×200 cm (78.7×78.7 inches)
Signed, titled and dated 2007 on the reverse

 

Provenance
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Leanne Hull Fine Art, La Jolla
Acquired from the above by the present owner in February 2007

 

Sotheby’s New-York: 18 November 2016
USD 1,452,500

Source: Sotheby’s
(#141) Yayoi Kusama (sothebys.com)

 

A scintillating, enthralling work from Yayoi Kusama’s most iconic and celebrated series, Infinity-Nets OPYTSDB (Gold) from 2007 evinces a duality that pairs the patterned intricacy of lacework with the heroic scale of a Pollock canvas. Delicate lapses between pink polka-dots and gold color field activate a shimmering aura that is regal, fiery and seductive. At first glance, the pink dots are the obvious top layer, with the alluring gold beckoning from beneath. Surprisingly, upon closer inspection one can see that Kusama has created the hundreds of tiny dots through a reverse process, where she has actually painted webs and nets in gold paint on top of a pink foundation. The dots emerge through the negative space, essentially the small holes of the net. Kusama constructs a net that gradually unfolds across the canvas, spreading a veil of stunning confusion and visual interplay over the pink bedrock.