A PUMPKIN (BY)
Medium: Screenprint in colors on Verin d’Arches paper
[2 screens, 2 colors, 3 runs], Lame
Year: 2004
Image: 27 x 32.5 cm (10.6 x 12.8 inches)
Sheet: 38.3 x 45.5 cm (15.1 x 17.9 inches)
Edition: 120
Artist’s Proofs: 12 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 5 PP
Printer: Okabe Tokuzo, Tokyo
Literature: ABE 319
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2007, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Number 319, Illustrated page 184
Signed, titled, numbered, and dated in pencil
Auction Results
Phillips Hong-Kong: 28 March 2025
Estimated: HKD 200,000 – 300,000
HKD 279,400 / USD 35,915
A Pumpkin (BY) (K 318), 2004
(there were also 12 artist’s proofs)
Phillips Hong-Kong: 12 December 2024
Estimated: HKD 180,000 – 220,000
HKD 279,400 / USD 35,935
YAYOI KUSAMA
A Pumpkin (BY) (K. 318), 2004
Screenprint in colours with lamé on Arches paper
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 52/120 in pencil
Est-Ouest Auctions Tokyo: 25 November 2023
Estimated: JPY 4,000,000 – 6,000,000
JPY 8,050,000 / USD 53,865
YAYOI KUSAMA
A PUMPKIN (BY), 2004
Screenprint, lame
Signed, titled, dated and edition in the margin
Mainichi Auction: 16 July 2022
Estimated: JPY 3,000,000 – 4,000,000
JPY 8,500,000 (Hammer)
JPY 9,902,500 / USD 71,595
YAYOI KUSAMA
A PUMPKIN (BY), 2004
Screenprint, lame
Signed, from the edition of 120
Mainichi Auction: 23 April 2022
Estimated: JPY 3,000,000 – 4,000,000
JPY 7,300,000 (Hammer)
JPY 8,504,500 / USD 66,185
YAYOI KUSAMA
A PUMPKIN (BY), 2004
Screenprint, lame
Signed, from the edition of 120
Mainichi Auction: 18 June 2021
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
JPY 4,400,000 (Hammer)
JPY 5,126,000 / USD 46,510
YAYOI KUSAMA
A PUMPKIN (BY), 2004
Screenprint, lame
Signed, from the edition of 120
Seoul Auction: 16 December 2020
Estimated: KRW 20,000,000 – 40,000,000
KRW 49,450,000 / USD 45,215
YAYOI KUSAMA
A Pumpkin (BY), 2004
Screenprint, lame
Signed, titled, dated and annotated P.P. on the recto
A printer’s proof