Butterflies’ Nest

Medium: Silkscreen in colors on Chiffon paper, Moulin de Larroque with etching embossing
[4 colors]
Year: 2011
Image: 37.8 x 45.3 cm (14.9 x 17.8 inches)
Sheet: 55×59 cm (21.7 x 23.2 inches)
Edition: 30
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 5 PP
Hors Commerce: 5 HC
Printer: Les Ateliers Moret, Paris (etching), Logomotif (silkscreen)
Literature: ABE 371
Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979-2017, ABE PUBLISHING LTD, Number 371, Illustrated page 212

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil on lower edge

 

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Auction Results

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K Auction Seoul: 7 September 2022
Estimated: KRW 30,000,000 – 35,000,000
KRW 33,350,000 / USD 24,380

YAYOI KUSAMA
Butterflies’ Nest, 2011
Silkscreen, etching, embossing
Signed, titled, dated and numbered “PP 1/5” on the front
A printer’s proof aside from the edition of 30 + 10 AP

Est-Ouest Auctions Tokyo: 18 November 2021
Estimated: JPY 1,200,000 – 1,700,000
JPY 2,178,000 / USD 18,990

YAYOI KUSAMA
BUTTERFLIES’ NEST, 2011
Silkscreen, etching and embossing
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the margin