Seeking The Soul

Medium: Silkscreen in colors on Chiffon paper, Moulin de Larroque with etching embossing
[5 colors]
Year: 2012
Image: 60.5 x 72.5 cm (23.8 x 28.5 inches)
Sheet: 82 x 88.5 cm (32.3 x 34.8 inches)
Edition: 30
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 5 PP
Hors Commerce: 5 HC
Printer: Les Ateliers Moret, Paris (etching), Logomotiv (silkscreen)
Literature: ABE 388
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Number 388, Illustrated page 223

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge

 

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Auction Results

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SBI Art Auction: 24 May 2024
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 3,450,000 / USD 21,975

YAYOI KUSAMA
Seeking the Soul (Kusama 388), 2012
Screenprint, etching, embossing
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 30

Phillips New-York: 13 September 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 30,480

YAYOI KUSAMA
Seeking the Soul (Kusama 388), 2012
Screenprint, etching, embossing
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
From the edition of 30

Christie’s Hong-Kong: 14 July 2020
Estimated: HKD 100,000 – 150,000
HKD 150,000 / USD 19,350

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Seeking the Soul, 2012
Embossed screen-print
Numbered, dated and signed ‘HC 3/5 2012 Yayoi Kusama’, titled in Japanese (lower edge)
An Hors Commerce aside from the edition of 30