After Yayoi Kusama, Seahorse Composition, Framed Decorative Print Offered as a Copy, Gilt Frame 73 x 67 cm
After Yayoi Kusama, Seahorse Composition, Framed Decorative Print Offered as a Copy, Gilt Frame 73 x 67 cm
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A seahorse in borrowed dots
The composition follows a well known seahorse image by Yayoi Kusama and is offered openly as a copy. It has decorative presence in a gilt frame. It carries no certificate and no claim of authorship.
Best for: Interiors where a decorative piece is wanted and its status is understood
Condition notes
Described as good with no notable marks.
Not examined out of the frame.
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A framed print after Yayoi Kusama, showing a seahorse among dotted sea plants. It is offered as a copy: no certificate accompanies it, and the Desk presents it as a decorative work in the manner of the artist, not as a work by her hand.
The Piece
A large orange seahorse, netted in yellow, hangs before a blue ground broken into cells by a golden web. Two smaller seahorses drift nearby, and ribbons of sea plant rise from the foot of the image in green, cream and blue, each strewn with dots. The colour is flat and bright in the manner of a screenprint.
The lower margin carries pencil inscriptions that include a fraction, a title, the date 1989 and a name. These belong to the copy and are not offered as an edition number or signature by the artist.
Details
- Attribution: Unknown artist, after Yayoi Kusama
- Subject: Seahorse among sea plants
- Status: Offered as a copy; no certificate
- Technique: Described as screenprint
- Image: About 52.5 x 45 cm (20.7 x 17.7 in)
- Frame: About 73 x 67 cm (28.7 x 26.4 in)
- Presentation: Gilt frame with cream mount, glazed; cord on the reverse
- Depth and weight: Being confirmed against our archive records
- Origin: Japan
Condition
- Described as good, with no notable marks or soiling.
- The frame shows a speckled antique-gilt finish; small handling marks are possible.
- The sheet has not been examined out of its frame.
Condition grade B (good, light signs of age) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
This piece is offered as a copy and carries no certificate. It should not be bought as a work by Yayoi Kusama, and no opinion on authorship is given beyond that statement. Keep it away from direct sun and damp.
Delivery from Japan
The frame is corner-protected, wrapped and crated by hand in Japan, and the work stays in its frame. 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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