Dawn

Medium: Screenprint in colors on Izumi paper
[14 screens, 13 colors, 14 runs]
Year: 1989
Image: 52.8 x 45.4 cm (20.8 x 17.9 inches)
Sheet: 61 x 53.5 cm (24 x 21.1 inches)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 8 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 3 PP
Printer: Ishida Ryoichi, Tokyo
Literature: ABE 120
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Number 120, Illustrated page 78

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge

 

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Auction Results

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Poly Auction Hong-Kong: 7 October 2025
Estimated: HKD 100,000 – 200,000
HKD 132,000 / USD 16,960

YAYOI KUSAMA
Dawn (ABE 120), 1989
Screenprint
Edition: 85/100 + AP 8
Editioned, dated and signed ’85/100 1989 Yayoi Kusama’
Titled in Japanese (bottom)

Est-Ouest Auctions Tokyo: 22 February 2025
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 3,565,000 / USD 23,320

YAYOI KUSAMA
DAWN (120), 1989
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the margin
From the edition of 100

Ravenel Taipei: 2 June 2024
Estimated: TWD 480,000 – 700,000
TWD 900,000 / USD 27,778

YAYOI KUSAMA (Japanese)
Dawn (ABE 120), 1989
Screenprint
Signed lower right Yayoi Kusama
Numbered lower left 27/100
Titled lower center Dawn in Kanji and dated 1989

K Auction Seoul: 27 April 2022
Estimated: KRW 30,000,000 – 50,000,000
KRW 34,500,000 / USD 27,365

YAYOI KUSAMA (Japanese)
Dawn, 1989
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the front

K Auction Seoul: 8 June 2021
Estimated: KRW 15,000,000 – 50,000,000
KRW 37,950,000 / USD 34,160

YAYOI KUSAMA (Japanese)
Dawn, 1989
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the front

SBI Art Auction: 20 June 2020
Estimated: JPY 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
JPY 2,070,000 / USD 19,375

YAYOI KUSAMA (Japanese)
Dawn (ABE 120), 1989
Screenprint
Signed, titled, dated and numbered from the edition of 100