PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTOR
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)

Pumpkin

Price realised GBP 119,700
Estimate
GBP 50,000 – GBP 70,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)

Pumpkin

Price realised GBP 119,700
Price realised GBP 119,700
Details
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Pumpkin
incised with the artist's signature, date, stamped with the foundry mark and number '2008 N˚ 32/100 YAYOI KUSAMA 1998' (lower edge)
bronze
10 7/8 x 10 7/8 x 10 5/8in. (27.5 x 27.5 x 27cm.)
Conceived in 1998 and executed in 2008, this work is number thirty-two from an edition of one hundred
Provenance
Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2009.
Exhibited
Karuizawa, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Painters Across the Sea, 2010 (another from the edition exhibited).
Taipei, Dynasty Gallery, Yayoi Kusama's Work Collections, 2015 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, pp. 24 and 25).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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