Yayoi Kusama
Japanese · 1929–2026 · Painter, Sculptor
Yayoi Kusama was a Japanese artist who worked primarily in sculpture and installation. She was also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and… (Wikipedia)
5 works by Yayoi Kusama with an auction history (offered more than once) →
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Record prices
PumpkinRavenel · NT$198,560,000≈ $6,278,467≈ £4,974,225≈ €5,630,407Sign up to see
Pumpkin(B)Ravenel · NT$51,840,000≈ $1,757,894≈ £1,390,849≈ €1,538,235Sign up to see
The Sea in the Evening GlowRavenel · NT$51,840,000≈ $1,698,278≈ £1,317,925≈ €1,546,420Sign up to see
Yayoi Kusama’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €300–500
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–600
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–600
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. MX$18,000–26,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. MX$18,000–26,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. MX$18,000–26,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €200–400
- Butterfles' Nest, 2011Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. NT$440,000–550,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £300–500
Also offered, result not published (43)
Lots by Yayoi Kusama that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
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Yayoi Kusama signature
36 catalogued lots by Yayoi Kusama record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (78% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.
Placement
Form
Edition: 8/100; signed lower right: Yayoi Kusama; dated and numbered lower left: 8/100 1963-83
— Infinity Nets 1963-83, Menzies, Apr 9, 2025Screenprint signed and dated lower left: yayoi Kusama 2012; screenprint editioned lower right; Lambda print signed lower right: yayoi Kusama; Lambda print editioned lower left
— Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Louis Vuitton Deluxe Box Set, Leonard Joel, Nov 13, 2024Sygn. i dat. p.d. ołówkiem: Yayoi Kusama 1982
— Pumpkin, 1982, Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny, Nov 20, 2024
About Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama was a Japanese artist who worked primarily in sculpture and installation. She was also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work was based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, art brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism, and is infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She was acknowledged as one of the most important artists to have come out of Japan, and was one of the world's top-selling female artists and ranked #19 in Sotheby's 2023 list of the top 50 artists. Her work influenced her contemporaries, including Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg.
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