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Considered one of the world’s most influential artists, Yayoi Kusama’s work is collected and exhibited in prestigious museums and her work is highly appreciated by the public. In 2017, she opened her own museum in Tokyo, substantially contributing to her popularity. Yayoi Kusama was born in Matsumoto City, Japan in 1929. She studied Nihonga painting, a rigorous formal style developed during the Meiji period (1868–1912) to deflect the wholesale influence of Western art through the revitalization of the traditions of Japanese painting and their synthesis with aspects of Western art. Attracted by the experimental promise of the postwar international art scene, Kusama moved to New York City in 1958. As a young struggling artist in New York, Kusama produced her first astonishing Net paintings in 1959—vast canvases measuring up to 33 feet in width, entirely covered in rhythmic undulations of small, thickly painted loops.
The inherent philosophical paradox of these paintings—that “infinity” could be quantified and constrained within the arbitrary structure of a readymade canvas—combined with the more subjective and obsessional implications of their process, distinguish these works from Minimalist abstraction, which would dominate the New York art scene several years later. The mesmerizing, transcendent space of the Nets was further reinforced by Kusama’s own insistent psychosomatic associations to her paintings. She went on to develop other striking bodies of work, including the phallic soft-sculptures Accumulation, Sex Obsession, and Compulsion Furniture, which she later incorporated into full-scale sensorial environments. From 1967 she staged provocative happenings in various locations, from the New York Stock Exchange to Central Park to the Museum of Modern Art. Painting the participants’ bodies with polka dots or dressing them in her custom-made fashion designs, she created risqué situational performances that merged her inner artistic world with external realities.
In the early 1970s Kusama returned to Japan, where she began writing shockingly visceral and surrealistic novels, short stories, and poetry, including The Hustler’s Grotto of Christopher Street (1983) and Violet Obsession (1998). Later, in her art, she began to revisit earlier themes, including the Infinity Net paintings and Accumulation sculptures. In recent years she has continued to invent ingenious embodiments of infinity in dizzying walk-in mirror rooms and freestanding sculptures, such as Passing Winter—hand-beveled mirrored cubes that yield an abyss of endlessly repeating self-portraits to their viewers. Following the success of her project for the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1993—a dazzling mirror room filled with pumpkin sculptures, like an artful pumpkin patch over which she presided in magician’s garb—Kusama went on to produce a huge, vivid yellow pumpkin covered with an optical pattern of black spots as an outdoor sculpture. The pumpkin, like the infinity net, became a kind of alter ego for her. Kusama’s work is in the collections of leading museums throughout the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Tate Modern, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
Yayoi Kusama’s art is revolutionary. Throughout her six-decade long career, the Japanese artist has created a body of psychedelic works that not only withstood the course of time, but successfully broke away from the limits of nationality, geography, gender and art. Yayoi Kusama is a prolific print-maker. Starting in 1979, she released over 400 prints, rigorously referenced in the Catalogue Raisonne.
Early Pumpkin Prints (1982-1999)
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Pumpkin, 1982 (ABE 4)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1982
Collage on lithograph laid on BFK Rives paper
Sheet: 65.5 x 51 cm (25.8 x 20.1 inches)
Edition: 75 + 1 AP + 1 PP
Literature: ABE 4
Pumpkin, 1982 (ABE 5)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1982
Lithograph and screenprint on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 64 x 54.5 cm (25.2 x 21.5 inches)
Edition: 70
Literature: ABE 5
Pumpkin, 1982 (ABE 6)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1982
Lithograph on Verin d’Arches paper with collage
Sheet: 27 x 33.5 cm (10.6 x 13.2 inches)
Edition: 100 + 3 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 6
Pumpkin, 1983 (ABE 25)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1983
Screen-print in colors on Peche Soleil paper
Sheet: 69 x 55.2 cm (27.2 x 21.7 inches)
Edition: 75 + 8 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 25
Pumpkin, 1984 (ABE 39)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1984
Lithograph in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 43 x 56.5 cm (16.9 x 22.2 inches)
Edition: 30 + 3 AP + 1 PP
Literature: ABE 39
Pumpkin, 1984 (ABE 40)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1984
Lithograph in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 43 x 56.5 cm (16.9 x 22.2 inches)
Edition: 30 + 3 AP + 1 PP
Literature: ABE 40
Pumpkin, 1984 (ABE 41)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1984
Lithograph in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 43 x 56.5 cm (16.9 x 22.2 inches)
Edition: 30 + 3 AP + 1 PP
Literature: ABE 41
Pumpkin, 1984 (ABE 42)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1984
Lithograph in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 43 x 56.5 cm (16.9 x 22.2 inches)
Edition: 30 + 3 AP + 1 PP
Literature: ABE 42
Pumpkin Army ’85 (Black), 1985 (ABE 75)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin Army ’85 (Black), 1985
Etching on BFK Rives Grey paper
Sheet: 46×63 cm (18.1 x 24.8 inches)
Edition: 50 + 3 AP + 2 PP
Literature: ABE 75
Pumpkin, 1986 (ABE 93)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1986
Screen-print in colors on Mishima paper
Sheet: 96 x 75.5 cm (37.8 x 29.7 inches)
Edition: 75 + 10 AP
Literature: ABE 93
Pumpkin, 1988 (ABE 115)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1988
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 103 x 79.3 cm (40.6 x 31.2 inches)
Edition: 50 + 5 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 115
Pumpkin, 1990 (ABE 142)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1990
Screen-print in colors on Izumi paper
Sheet: 62.8 x 54 cm (24.7 x 21.3 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 142
Pumpkin (2), 1990 (ABE 144)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (2), 1990
Screen-print in colors on Izumi paper
Sheet: 63×53 cm (24.8 x 20.9 inches)
Edition: 150 + 15 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 144
Pumpkin, 1991 (ABE 146)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1991
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 28×59 cm (11 x 23.2 inches)
Edition: 250 + 25 AP + 4 PP
Literature: ABE 146
Pumpkin (Yellow T), 1992 (ABE 147)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (Yellow T), 1992
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 84×71 cm (33.1 x 28 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 4 PP
Literature: ABE 147
Pumpkin (Yellow Y), 1992 (ABE 148)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (Yellow Y), 1992
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 77 x 80.4 cm (27.8 x 33.1 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 4 PP
Literature: ABE 148
Pumpkin (White T), 1992 (ABE 149)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (White T), 1992
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 83.5 x 70.5 cm (32.9 x 27.8 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 4 PP
Literature: ABE 149
Pumpkin (White Y), 1992 (ABE 150)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (White Y), 1992
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 70.8 x 84 cm (27.9 x 33.1 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 4 PP
Literature: ABE 150
Pumpkin (G), 1992 (ABE 151)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (G), 1992
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 28 x 37.3 cm (11 x 14.7 inches)
Edition: 150 + 15 AP + 4 PP + 1 HC
Literature: ABE 151
Pumpkin (R), 1992 (ABE 152)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (R), 1992
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 28 x 37.3 cm (11 x 14.7 inches)
Edition: 150 + 15 AP + 4 PP + 1 HC
Literature: ABE 152
Pumpkin (Y), 1992 (ABE 153)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (Y), 1992
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 28 x 37.3 cm (11 x 14.7 inches)
Edition: 150 + 15 AP + 4 PP + 1 HC
Literature: ABE 153
Red Pumpkin, 1992 (ABE 154)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Red Pumpkin, 1992
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 84×71 cm (33.1 x 27.9 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 4 PP
Literature: ABE 154
Pumpkin (OG), 1992 (ABE 156)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (OG), 1992
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 49.5 x 57 cm (19.5 x 22.4 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 4 PP
Literature: ABE 156
Thinking Pumpkin, 1993 (ABE 182)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Thinking Pumpkin, 1993
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 75.8 x 62.3 cm (29.8 x 24.5 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 182
Pumpkin God, 1993 (ABE 183)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin God, 1993
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 76 x 62.5 cm (29.9 x 24.5 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 183
Napping Pumpkin, 1993 (ABE 184)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Napping Pumpkin, 1993
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 62 x 75.8 cm (24.4 x 29.8 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 184
Dancing Pumpkin, 1993 (ABE 185)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Dancing Pumpkin, 1993
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 61×83 cm (24 x 32.7 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 185
Three Pumpkins, 1995 (ABE 186)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Three Pumpkins, 1993
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 33.5 x 43 cm (13.2 x 16.9 inches)
Edition: 160 + 16 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 186
Red Colored Pumpkin, 1994 (ABE 189)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Red Colored Pumpkin, 1994
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 55 x 63.5 cm (21.7 x 25 inches)
Edition: 98 + 9 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 189
Yellow Colored Pumpkin, 1994 (ABE 190)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Yellow Colored Pumpkin, 1994
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 55 x 63.5 cm (21.7 x 25 inches)
Edition: 98 + 9 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 190
Pumpkin (YT), 1996 (ABE 228)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (YT), 1996
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 40 x 32.5 cm (15.7 x 12.8 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 228
Pumpkin (GT), 1996 (ABE 229)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (GT), 1996
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 40 x 32.5 cm (15.7 x 12.8 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 229
Pumpkin (RT), 1996 (ABE 230)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (RT), 1996
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 40 x 32.5 cm (15.7 x 12.8 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 230
Pumpkin (YY), 1996 (ABE 231)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (YY), 1996
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 32.5 x 40 cm (12.8 x 15.7 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 231
Pumpkin (GY), 1996 (ABE 232)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (GY), 1996
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 32.5 x 40 cm (12.8 x 15.7 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 232
Pumpkin (RY), 1996 (ABE 233)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (RY), 1996
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 32.5 x 40 cm (12.8 x 15.7 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 233
Pumpkin (YSQ), 1998 (ABE 240)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (YSQ), 1998
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 39.5 x 38 cm (15.6 x 15 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 240
Pumpkin (RYSQ), 1998 (ABE 241)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (RYSQ), 1998
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 39.5 x 38 cm (15.6 x 15 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 241
Pumpkin (RSQ), 1998 (ABE 242)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (RSQ), 1998
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 39.5 x 38 cm (15.6 x 15 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 242
Pumpkin (GSQ), 1998 (ABE 243)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (GSQ), 1998
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 39.5 x 38 cm (15.6 x 15 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 243
Pumpkin (BSQ), 1998 (ABE 244)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (BSQ), 1998
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 39.5 x 38 cm (15.6 x 15 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 244
Pumpkin MT, 1999 (ABE 257)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin MT, 1999
Screenprint in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 59×50 cm (23.2 x 19.7 inches)
Edition: 110 + 11 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 257
Pumpkin MY, 1999 (ABE 258)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin MY, 1999
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 50×59 cm (19.7 x 23.2 inches)
Edition: 110 + 11 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 258
Pumpkin R, 1999 (ABE 278)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin R, 1999
Screenprint in colors and lamé on Kakita-shi paper
Sheet: 60×76 cm (23.6 x 29.9 inches)
Edition: 60 + 6 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 278
Pumpkin P, 1999 (ABE 279)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin P, 1999
Screenprint in colors and lamé on Kakita-shi paper
Sheet: 60×76 cm (23.6 x 29.9 inches)
Edition: 60 + 6 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 279
Pumpkin B, 1999 (ABE 280)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin B, 1999
Screenprint in colors and lamé on Kakita-shi paper
Sheet: 60×76 cm (23.6 x 29.9 inches)
Edition: 60 + 6 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 280
Pumpkin G, 1999 (ABE 281)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin G, 1999
Screenprint in colors and lamé on Kakita-shi paper
Sheet: 60×76 cm (23.6 x 29.9 inches)
Edition: 60 + 6 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 281
Late Pumpkin Prints (2000-2012)
Citrouille (I), 2000 (ABE 282)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Citrouille (I) from Amour Pour Toujours, 2000
Screenprint and lamé in colors on BFK Rives paper
Sheet: 50×65 cm (19.7 x 25.6 inches)
Edition: 60 + 8 AP + 10 HC
Literature: ABE 282
Citrouille (II), 2000 (ABE 283)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Citrouille (II) from Amour Pour Toujours, 2000
Screenprint and lamé in colors on BFK Rives paper
Sheet: 50×65 cm (19.7 x 25.6 inches)
Edition: 60 + 15 AP + 10 HC
Literature: ABE 283
Pumpkin, 2000 (ABE 294)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 2000
Screenprint in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 31.8 x 25.5 cm (12.5 x 10 inches)
Edition: 135 + 15 AP + 1 PP + 9 HC
Literature: ABE 294
Pumpkin 2000 (Yellow), 2000 (ABE 298)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin 2000 (Yellow), 2000
Screenprint in colors on 270gsm colorplan paper
Sheet: 48×64 cm (18.9 x25.2 inches)
Edition: 100 + 20 AP + 20 PP
Literature: ABE 298
Pumpkin 2000 (Red), 2000 (ABE 299)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin 2000 (Red), 2000
Screenprint in colors on 270gsm colorplan paper
Sheet: 48×64 cm (18.9 x25.2 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP + 10 PP
Literature: ABE 299
Pumpkin 2000 (Green), 2000 (ABE 300)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin 2000 (Green), 2000
Screenprint in colors on 270gsm colorplan paper
Sheet: 48×64 cm (18.9 x25.2 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP + 10 PP
Literature: ABE 300
Pumpkin ST, 2001 (ABE 301)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin ST, 2001
Screenprint in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 38 x 32.5 cm (15 x 12.8 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 301
Pumpkin SY, 2001 (ABE 302)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin SY, 2001
Screenprint in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 32.5 x 38 cm (12.8 x 15 inches)
Edition: 120 + 12 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 302
Flowers (1982-2011)
Flower, 1982 (ABE 10)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flower, 1982
Lithograph with collage on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 35.5 x 27.5 cm (14 x 10.8 inches)
Edition: 100 + 3 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 10
Flowers, 1984 (ABE 34)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers, 1984
Screenprint in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 61 x 53.5 cm (24 x 21.1 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP
Literature: ABE 34
FLOWERS, 1985 (ABE 77)
YAYOI KUSAMA
FLOWERS, 1985
Screenprint on Mishima paper with Lame
Sheet: 61 x 53.5 cm (24 x 21.1 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP
Literature: ABE 77
FLOWERS, 1985 (ABE 83)
YAYOI KUSAMA
FLOWERS, 1985
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 53.3 x 60.8 cm (21 x 23.9 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP
Literature: ABE 83
FLOWERS, 1985 (ABE 84)
YAYOI KUSAMA
FLOWERS, 1985
Screenprint in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 53.5 x 60.8 cm (21.1 x 23.9 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP
Literature: ABE 84
DANDELIONS, 1985 (ABE 85)
YAYOI KUSAMA
DANDELIONS, 1985
Screen-print in colors on Izumi paper
Sheet: 53.5 x 61 cm (21.2 x 24 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 85
FLOWERS (I), 1985 (ABE 86)
YAYOI KUSAMA
FLOWERS (1), 1985
Screenprint in colors on Izumi paper
Sheet: 53.3 x 61 cm (21 x 24 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 86
Flowers (2), 1985 (ABE 87)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers (2), 1985
Screen-print in colors on Izumi paper
Sheet: 53.3 x 61.3 cm (21 x 24.1 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 87
Tulips, 1986 (ABE 92)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Tulips, 1986
Screenprint in colors on Izumi paper
Sheet: 62×54 cm (24.4 x 21.3 inches)
Edition: 75 + 8 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 92
Flower Garden, 1989 (ABE 121)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flower Garden, 1989
Screenprint in colors on Izumi paper
Sheet: 53.5 x 61 cm (21.1 x 24 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 121
Flowers and Butterflies, 1989 (ABE 122)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers and Butterflies, 1989
Screenprint in colors on Izumi paper
Sheet: 61 x 53.5 cm (24 x 21.1 inches)
Edition: 100 + 8 AP
Literature: ABE 122
Sunflowers, 1989 (ABE 126)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Sunflowers, 1989
Screenprint in colors on Izumi paper
Sheet: 53.5 x 61 cm (24 x 21.1 inches)
Edition: 100 + 8 AP
Literature: ABE 126
Flowers AZ, 1993 (ABE 175)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers AZ, 1993
Screenprint on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 84×71 cm (33.1 x 28 inches)
Edition: 90 + 9 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 175
Flowers BH, 1993 (ABE 176)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers BH, 1993
Screenprint on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 84×71 cm (33.1 x 28 inches)
Edition: 90 + 9 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 176
Flowers FW, 1993 (ABE 177)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers FW, 1993
Screenprint on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 84×71 cm (33.1 x 28 inches)
Edition: 90 + 9 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 177
Flowers QE, 1993 (ABE 178)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers QE, 1993
Screenprint on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 84×71 cm (33.1 x 28 inches)
Edition: 90 + 9 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 178
Flowers PX, 1993 (ABE 179)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers PX, 1993
Screenprint on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 84×71 cm (33.1 x 28 inches)
Edition: 90 + 9 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 179
Flower XL, 1993 (ABE 180)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flower XL, 1993
Screenprint on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 71×84 cm (28 x 33.1 inches)
Edition: 90 + 9 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 180
Flowers, 1993 (ABE 181)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Flowers, 1993
Screenprint on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 39 x 31.5 cm (15.4 x 12.4 inches)
Edition: 160 + 16 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 181
FLOWERS A, 2005
FLOWERS A, 2005
Screen-print in colors on Kakita-shi paper with Lame
Sheet: 60.3 x 71.5 cm (23.7 x 28.1 inches)
Edition: 50 + 5 AP + 6 PP
Literature: ABE 349
FLOWERS B, 2005
FLOWERS B, 2005
Screen-print in colors on Kakita-shi paper with Lame
Sheet: 60.3 x 71.5 cm (23.7 x 28.1 inches)
Edition: 50 + 5 AP + 4 PP
Literature: ABE 350
FLOWERS C, 2005
FLOWERS C, 2005
Screen-print in colors on Kakita-shi paper with Lame
Sheet: 60.3 x 71.5 cm (23.7 x 28.1 inches)
Edition: 50 + 5 AP + 4 PP
Literature: ABE 351
Butterfly, Fish, and other Creatures (1982-2000)
Butterfly, 1982 (ABE 18)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Butterfly, 1982
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 26.8 x 32.1 cm (10.6 x 12.6 inches)
Edition: 50 + 5 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 18
BUTTERFLY, 1985 (ABE 81)
YAYOI KUSAMA
BUTTERFLY, 1985
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 53 x 60.8 cm (19.9 x 23.9 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP
Literature: ABE 81
BUTTERFLY, 1985 (ABE 82)
YAYOI KUSAMA
BUTTERFLY, 1985
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 53.2 x 60.8 cm (20 x 23.9 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP
Literature: ABE 82
Butterfly, 1988
Butterfly, 1988
Screen-print in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 79.5 x 93.5 cm (31.3 x 36.8 inches)
Edition: 50 + 5 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 119
Fish, 1986
Fish, 1986
Screen-print in colors on Izumi paper
Sheet: 54 x 61.8 cm (21.3 x 24.3 inches)
Edition: 75 + 8 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 88
Fashion: Hats, Shoes, Dress
Yayoi Kusama has a deeply intricate relationship with women’s fashion, which plays a significant role in her artistic narrative. Throughout her work, Kusama frequently incorporates elements of fashion, such as hats, high heels, and dresses, using them as powerful symbols to explore themes of identity, femininity, and societal expectations. Yayoi Kusama’s exploration of shoes and heels in her artwork carries profound symbolic significance, reflecting both traditional Japanese imagery and her personal relationship with fashion and identity as a woman artist. In her prints, Kusama often revisits the motif of shoes and heels, infusing these everyday objects with layers of meaning that speak to broader cultural and personal narratives. Yayoi Kusama, the renowned Japanese artist, has a deep connection with the imagery of hats in her artwork, which holds both personal and cultural significance. Throughout her career, Kusama has often used the motif of a hat, particularly in her prints and original works, as a symbol that transcends mere fashion or utility. For Kusama, the hat represents a bridge between the personal and the societal, a blend of her own unique perspective and the broader context of traditional Japanese culture.
Going to the field with shoes on, 1979 (ABE 1)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Going to the field with shoes on, 1979
Screenprint on Hakou-shi paper
Sheet: 54.5 x 69 cm (21.5 x 27.2 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP
Literature: ABE 1
Hat left behind in the field, 1981 (ABE 3)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Hat left behind in the field, 1981
Screenprint on Hakou-shi paper
Sheet: 50.5 x 65 cm (19.9 x 25.6 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP
Literature: ABE 3
Dress, 1982 (ABE 8)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Dress, 1982
Lithograph and screenprint on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 66×56 cm (26×22 inches)
Edition: 70 + 1 AP
Literature: ABE 8
Self-Portrait, 1982 (ABE 9)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Self-Portrait, 1982
Lithograph with collage on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 35.5 x 27.5 cm (14 x 10.8 inches)
Edition: 100 + 3 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 9
Hat, 1982 (ABE 13)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Hat, 1982
Lithograph with collage on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 27 x 33.5 cm (10 5/8 x 13 1/8 inches)
Edition: 100 + 3 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 13
Hat, 1983 (ABE 21)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Hat, 1983
Screenprint in colors on Peche Soleil paper
Sheet: 55.5 x 64.3 cm (21.9 x 25.3 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 21
Hat, 1983 (ABE 22)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Hat, 1983
Screenprint in colors on Peche Soleil paper
Sheet: 55.5 x 64.3 cm (21.9 x 25.3 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 22
Hat, 1984 (ABE 35-38)
Hat, 1984
[4 Lithographs]
Medium: Lithograph in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 43 x 56.5 cm (16.9 x 22.2 inches)
Edition: 30 + 3 AP + 1 EP + 1 PP
Literature: ABE 35-38
Shoes, 1984 (ABE 43)
Shoes, 1984
Lithograph in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 43 x 56.5 cm (16.9 x 22.2 inches)
Edition: 30 + 3 AP + 1 PP
Literature: ABE 43
Shoes, 1984 (ABE 44)
Shoes, 1984
Lithograph in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 43 x 56.5 cm (16.9 x 22.2 inches)
Edition: 30 + 3 AP + 1 PP
Literature: ABE 44
Shoes, 1984 (ABE 45)
Shoes, 1984
Lithograph in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
Sheet: 43 x 56.5 cm (16.9 x 22.2 inches)
Edition: 30 + 3 AP + 1 PP
Literature: ABE 45
Shoes, 1985 (ABE 78)
Shoes, 1985
Screen-print in colors on Izumi paper
Sheet: 53.5 x 60.5 cm (19.9 x 23.6 inches)
Edition: 100 + 10 AP
Literature: ABE 78
Hat, 1986 (ABE 89)
Hat, 1986
Screen-print in colors on Izumi paper
Sheet: 54 x 61.8 cm (21.3 x 24.3 inches)
Edition: 75 + 8 AP + 3 PP
Literature: ABE 89
High Heels (1)-(4), 1999
High Heels (1)-(4), 1999
Screen-print in colors on Kakita-shi paper with Lame
Sheet: 60×68 cm (23.6 x 26.8 inches)
Edition: 60 + 6/11 AP + 5 PP
Literature: ABE 259-262
Chapeau (I), 2000 (ABE 284)
Chapeau (I), 2000
From Amour Pour Toujours
Screen-print and lamé in colors on BFK Rives paper
Sheet: 50×65 cm (19.7 x 25.6 inches)
Edition: 60 + 6 AP + 12 HC
Literature: ABE 284
Chapeau (II), 2000 (ABE 285)
Chapeau (II), 2000
From Amour Pour Toujours
Screen-print and lamé in colors on BFK Rives paper
Sheet: 50×65 cm (19.7 x 25.6 inches)
Edition: 60 + 6 AP + 12 HC
Literature: ABE 285
Mt Fuji in Seven Colors, 2015
The theme of these contemporary ukiyo-e is Mt. Fuji, the symbol of Japan. This majestic mountain, which was inscribed on the List of World Cultural Heritage Sites in 2013, has been the subject of ukiyo-e and many other arts since olden times. These works are based on a painting that Ms. Kusama created in a moment of inspiration when, during her first encounter with Mt. Fuji at close range, she was totally captivated by the mountain. The artworks depict Mt. Fuji’s exceptional life force and its majestic solo summit by highlighting the mountain’s broad base and soaring peak.
Mount Fuji in Seven Colors, 2015
The complete set of seven woodcut prints on echizen kisuki hosho paper
Sheet: 39.7 x 96.3 cm (15.6 x 37.9 inches)
Edition: 120
Literature: ABE 394-400
Each of the seven colors gives Mt. Fuji a different expression
When Life boundlessly flares up to the universe (ABE 394)
Where our soul sets in, this dark mountain embraces all with love (ABE 395)
My life shining forever, this human love shall not perish even after billions of light years (ABE 396)
Where the universe and human life are (ABE 397)
All things full of kindness touched my heart (ABE 398)
Mt. Fuji, I love (ABE 399)
All about Mt. Fuji that I have loved my whole life (ABE 400)
Multiples (Sculptures)
Hat, 1988-1994
YAYOI KUSAMA
Hat, 1988-1994
Bronze sculpture
Dimensions: 25 (H) x 26.5 x 13 cm (10 x 13 x 10 1/2 inches)
Edition: 30
Pumpkin, 1998
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1998
Cast bronze multiple with patina
Size: 27.9 x 27.9 x 25.4 cm (11x11x10 inches)
Edition: 100
Yellow Pumpkin, 1998
YAYOI KUSAMA
Yellow Pumpkin, 1998
Cast resin and ceramic painted in color
Size: 8.3 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches)
Edition: 30
Red Pumpkin, 1998
YAYOI KUSAMA
Red Pumpkin, 1998
Cast resin and ceramic painted in color
Size: 8.3 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches)
Edition: 30
Green Pumpkin, 1998
YAYOI KUSAMA
Green Pumpkin, 1998
Cast resin and ceramic painted in color
Size: 8.3 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches)
Edition: 30