Pumpkin (YY)
Medium: Screenprint in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
[3 screens, 2 colors, 3 runs]
Year: 1996
Image: 22.8 x 29.8 cm (9 x 11.7 inches)
Sheet: 32.5 x 40 cm (12.8 x 15.7 inches)
Edition: 120
Artist’s Proofs: 12 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 5 PP
Printer: Okabe Tokuzo, Tokyo
Literature: ABE 231
ABE Publishing Ltd., Yayoi Kusama: Prints 1979-2017, Tokyo, 2017, Number 231, Illustrated page 139
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge
Auction Results
Alex Cooper Auctioneers: 31 October 2025
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 40,000
USD 10,000 (Hammer)
USD 12,800
YAYOI KUSAMA (Japanese, b. 1929)
PUMPKIN YY (Kusama 231), 1996
Screenprint in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Pencil signed, titled and dated in lower margin
Editioned 67/120
Printed by Okabe Tokuzo
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 35,560
YAYOI KUSAMA (b.1929)
Pumpkin YY (Kusama 231), 1996
Screenprint in colors on Arches
Signed, titled in Kanji, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘92/120 1996 Yayoi Kusama’
Bonhams London: 10 December 2024
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 50,000
GBP 38,400 / USD 48,950
Screenprint in colors on Arches wove paper
Signed, titled in Japanese characters, dated and numbered 33/120 in pencil (there were also 17 proofs)
Forum Auctions: 24 October 2024
Estimated: GBP 30,000 – 40,000
GBP 32,000 (Hammer)
GBP 41,840 / USD 54,645
YAYOI KUSAMA (b.1929)
Pumpkin (YY) (Kusama 231), 1996
Screenprint in colors on Arches paper
Signed, dated and titled in Kanji in pencil
Numbered from the edition of 120
Mainichi Auction: 28 October 2023
Estimated: JPY 5,000,000 – 7,000,000
JPY 9,200,000 / USD 61,470
YAYOI KUSAMA (b.1929)
Pumpkin (YY), 1996
Screenprint
Signed, from the edition of 120
Mainichi Auction: 29 October 2022
Estimated: JPY 3,000,000 – 3,500,000
JPY 8,000,000 / USD 54,246 (Hammer)
YAYOI KUSAMA (b.1929)
Pumpkin (YY), 1996
Screenprint
Signed, from the edition of 120
Mainichi Auction: 22 January 2022
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 7,500,000 / USD 65,976 (Hammer)
YAYOI KUSAMA (b.1929)
Pumpkin (YY), 1996
Screenprint
Signed, from the edition of 120
K Auction Seoul: 24 November 2021
Estimated: KRW 50,000,000 – 100,000,000
KRW 101,200,000 / USD 85,170
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (YY), 1996
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the front
K Auction Seoul: 25 August 2021
Estimated: KRW 35,000,000 – 80,000,000
KRW 109,250,000 / USD 93,830
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (YY), 1996
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the front
K Auction Seoul: 26 August 2021
Estimated: KRW 30,000,000 – 60,000,000
KRW 78,200,000 / USD 70,010
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (YY), 1996
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the front