BUTTERFLY

Year: 1985
Medium: Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
[7 screens, 6 colors, 7 runs]
Image: 45.5 x 53 cm (17.9 x 20.9 inches)
Sheet: 53.2 x 60.8 cm (20 x 23.9 inches)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Printer: Ishida Ryoichi, Tokyo
Literature: ABE 82
ABE Publishing Ltd., Yayoi Kusama: Prints 1979-2017, Tokyo, 2017, Number 82, Illustrated page 55

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge

 

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Auction Results

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SBI Art Auction: 27 January 2024
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 3,680,000 / USD 24,835

YAYOI KUSAMA
BUTTERFLY (Kusama 82), 1985
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered from the edition of 100

K Auction Seoul: 23 August 2023
Estimated: KRW 27,000,000 – 45,000,000
KRW 32,200,000 / USD 24,020

YAYOI KUSAMA
BUTTERFLY, 1985
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the front

Est Ouest Auctions Tokyo: 24 September 2022
Estimated: JPY 2,200,000 – 3,200,000
JPY 3,630,000 / USD 25,520

YAYOI KUSAMA
BUTTERFLY, 1985
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the margin