Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin 1982 Lithograph with Collage, Offered as a Signed Artist's Proof, Unframed Sheet
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin 1982 Lithograph with Collage, Offered as a Signed Artist's Proof, Unframed Sheet
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The Pumpkin Before the Fame
Kusama has said the pumpkin comforted her as a child. In 1982 it was still a private emblem, drawn small and trimmed with cloth like something made at a kitchen table.
Best for: Collectors who want an early Kusama pumpkin and are prepared to pursue registration
Condition notes
Described as showing only very slight ageing. Margins clean and fabric strips intact in the photographs.
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A 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.
The Piece
This 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.
The 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.
It is sold unframed, on cream paper with deckled edges and a clean reverse.
Details
- Artist: Yayoi Kusama
- Title: Pumpkin
- Year: 1982
- Medium: Lithograph with fabric collage on paper
- Edition: Offered as an artist’s proof
- Signature: Offered as signed, titled and dated in pencil
- Sheet: About 27 x 33.2 cm (10.6 x 13.1 in)
- Image: About 15.8 x 22.7 cm (6.2 x 8.9 in)
- Frame: None; sold as a loose sheet
- Certificate: None
Condition
- Described as showing only very slight ageing.
- Colours strong and margins clean in the photographs; fabric strips intact.
Condition grade A (excellent, very light signs of age) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Signature, 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.
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