Watermelon
Medium: Screen-print in colors on Izumi paper
[8 screens, 8 colors, 8 runs]
Year: 1986
Image: 46 x 53.5 cm (18.1 x 21.1 inches)
Sheet: 54 x 61.5 cm (21.3 x 24.2 inches)
Edition: 75
Artist’s Proofs: 8 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 3 PP
Printer: Okabe Tokuzo, Tokyo
Literature: ABE 91
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Number 91, Illustrated page 62
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge
Auction Results
SBI Art Auction: 28 January 2023
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 3,680,000 / USD 28,350
YAYOI KUSAMA
Watermelon (Kusama 91), 1986
Screenprint
Signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 75
SBI Art Auction: 15 July 2022
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 5,750,000 / USD 41,375
YAYOI KUSAMA
Watermelon (Kusama 91), 1986
Screenprint
Signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 75
Bonhams London: 29 June 2022
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 31,800 / USD 38,760
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed, dated and numbered 48/75 in pencil
Bonhams London: 15 December 2020
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 21,500 / USD 28,750
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed, dated and numbered 48/75 in pencil
Christie’s Hong-Kong: 24 November 2019
Estimated: HKD 100,000 – 150,000
HKD 250,000 / USD 31,950
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Watermelon, 1986
Screen-print
Numbered, dated and signed ‘18/75 1986 Yayoi Kusama’ (lower edge)