Yayoi Kusama Red Pumpkin Naoshima Object, Black Dots on Glossy Scarlet, Island Edition in Green Box
Yayoi Kusama Red Pumpkin Naoshima Object, Black Dots on Glossy Scarlet, Island Edition in Green Box
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A guide for this piece: about $200, based on the 10% US charge on the declared value of goods made in Japan.
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The Harbour Pumpkin, in the Hand
Naoshima's Red Pumpkin greets every ferry that reaches the island. This object is its small counterpart, available only to those who made the journey. The glossy red and black is Kusama at her most direct.
Best for: Collectors of Kusama pumpkins and Naoshima pieces
Condition notes
Described as new and unused, opened for checking and photography only.
Carried home wrapped and kept boxed since.
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The Red Pumpkin object by Yayoi Kusama, sold only on the island of Naoshima where the full-size sculpture stands at the ferry port. It is described as new and unused, opened solely to be photographed.
The Piece
The form is a squat, deeply lobed pumpkin in glossy scarlet with a curling stalk. Black dots of graded size run down each lobe, large at the shoulder and small in the furrows, in the same rhythm as the harbour sculpture that visitors can walk inside.
The underside is a flat red flower shape printed "Naoshima" above the name of the artist. The piece sits in a fitted grey tray within a dark green drawer box, the lid printed in silver with "Red Pumpkin Naoshima Yayoi Kusama" among dots and stars.
Details
- Artist: Yayoi Kusama
- Work: Red Pumpkin, Naoshima
- Type: Tabletop object
- Size: About 15 cm diameter x 9 cm high (5.9 x 3.5 in), stalk included
- Weight: About 481 g
- Colour: Scarlet with black dots
- Material: Being confirmed against our archive records
- Marks: Printed Naoshima and artist name on the base
- Box: Green drawer box with fitted tray
Condition
- Described as new and unused, opened for checking and photography only.
- Carried home wrapped and kept boxed since.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade S (unused, as new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Described as bought on Naoshima and kept unused. It is an open multiple, unsigned and unnumbered, and is presented as exactly that. The Desk has not handled the work and makes no claim beyond what is described and shown. Dust with a soft dry cloth and keep away from direct sunlight.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan with protection suited to the piece. 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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