Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin Snow Globe, Yellow Dotted Gourd in Gold Glitter, Black Base with Box, Described as New
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin Snow Globe, Yellow Dotted Gourd in Gold Glitter, Black Base with Box, Described as New
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A guide for this piece: about $74, based on the 10% US charge on the declared value of goods made in Japan.
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Condition report
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A pumpkin under gold weather
The yellow pumpkin is the image most people carry of Kusama. Here it sits under glass while gold flakes fall around it. It is offered new, with its box.
Best for: Kusama collectors and desks in need of one good object
Condition notes
Described as new, kept in home storage.
No chips or marks are reported.
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The Pumpkin snow globe by Yayoi Kusama: her yellow pumpkin with black dots, set under a glass dome in a drift of gold glitter. It is described as new, kept in home storage, and comes with its box.
The Piece
The pumpkin stands tall and ribbed, its dots running in graded columns from large to small exactly as they do in her paintings and sculptures. Turn the globe and gold flakes rise and settle slowly around it, catching the light against the clear dome.
The base is matt black and lettered Pumpkin and Yayoi Kusama in white, in a hand that echoes her own. The box is charcoal grey with a fitted tray and printed lid. It is a small object, but it carries her best known motif faithfully.
Details
- Artist: Yayoi Kusama
- Model: Pumpkin snow globe, yellow
- Type: Glass dome on a black base
- Motif: Yellow pumpkin with black dots
- Filling: Clear liquid with gold glitter
- Lettering: Pumpkin, Yayoi Kusama on the base
- Size: Being confirmed against our archive records
- Included: Charcoal presentation box
- Origin: Being confirmed against our archive records
Condition
- Described as new, kept in home storage.
- The liquid appears clear in the photographs.
- No chips or marks are reported.
Condition grade S (unused, as new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Described as official Yayoi Kusama merchandise; a team of curators reviews each piece from photographs before it is offered. Keep away from direct sun, heat and frost.
Delivery from Japan
The boxed globe is cushioned and double-boxed by hand in Japan. Shipping is quoted and agreed with you before purchase, weighing EMS, then FedEx, then air cargo, all insured and tracked. Duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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