Depth of the Sea
Medium: Screen-print in colors on Izumi paper
[9 screens, 8 colors, 9 runs]
Year: 1989
Image: 45.5 x 53 cm (17.9 x 20.9 inches)
Sheet: 53.5 x 61 cm (21.1 x 24 inches)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 3 PP
Printer: Okabe Tokuzo, Tokyo
Literature: ABE 135
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Number 135, Illustrated page 89
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge
Auction Results
Ravenel Taipei: 2 June 2024
Estimated: TWD 480,000 – 700,000
TWD 600,000 / USD 18,519
YAYOI KUSAMA
Depth of the Sea (ABE 135), 1989
Silkscreen
Signed lower right Yayoi Kusama
Numbered lower left 84/100
Titled lower center Depth of the Sea in Kanji and dated 1989
New Art Est-Ouest: 28 May 2024
Estimated: JPY 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
JPY 3,335,000 / USD 21,426
YAYOI KUSAMA
Depth of the Sea (ABE 135), 1989
Screenprint
Signed, dated, titled and edition on the margin
Edition: 100 + 10 AP + 3 PP
Mainichi Auction: 9 June 2023
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 3,105,000 / USD 22,279 (incl. Premium)
Christie’s Hong-Kong: 24 November 2019
Estimated: HKD 80,000 – 120,000
HKD 275,000
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Depths of The Sea, 1989
Screen-print
Signed, dated and numbered ‘yayoi kusama 1989 12/100’, inscribed in Japanese Kanji (lower edge)