{"product_id":"yayoi-kusama-pumpkin-1982-lithograph-collage-artists-proof","title":"Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin 1982 Lithograph with Collage, Offered as a Signed Artist's Proof, Unframed Sheet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA yellow pumpkin ribbed with black dots sits against a restless net of black and yellow, flanked by two strips of red polka-dot cloth: Pumpkin, a 1982 lithograph with collage by Yayoi Kusama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the motif at an early date in her printmaking, compact and hand-made in feeling. The dots swell and shrink along each rib to model the gourd, the ground is her infinity net turned to small leaf-like cells, and the red fabric at either side is cut in a zigzag and applied to the sheet, so that the surface is part print and part collage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheet is offered as an artist’s proof, annotated A.P. with the title in pencil at the lower left and signed and dated 1982 at the lower right, as the photographs show. No certificate or registration document accompanies it, and the description says so plainly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is sold unframed, on cream paper with deckled edges and a clean reverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yayoi Kusama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pumpkin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1982\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lithograph with fabric collage on paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Offered as an artist’s proof\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Offered as signed, titled and dated in pencil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSheet:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 27 x 33.2 cm (10.6 x 13.1 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eImage:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 15.8 x 22.7 cm (6.2 x 8.9 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrame:\u003c\/strong\u003e None; sold as a loose sheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCertificate:\u003c\/strong\u003e None\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribed as showing only very slight ageing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColours strong and margins clean in the photographs; fabric strips intact.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eA (excellent, very light signs of age)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/es\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSignature, date and proof status are given as the description states them, and the work comes without a certificate. Buyers who require registration should ask the Desk before purchase. Store flat and frame behind UV glazing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorks on paper travel flat between rigid boards, never rolled: packed by hand in Japan, insured and tracked, by EMS or FedEx as the Desk judges best for the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuties and taxes are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/es\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer. 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