Naoshima Yellow Pumpkin. Resin sculpture by Yayoi Kusama

Naoshima Yellow Pumpkin. Resin sculpture by Yayoi Kusama

Size: 7.6 cm L cm x 9.5 cm W

Cast resin multiple painted in colors, 2016, with the artist’s stamped signature and title on the underside, from a limited edition of undisclosed size, published by Benesse Holdings, Inc., Naoshima, contained in the original printed carton box.

Yayoi Kusama ( born 22 March 1929 ) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation. She is also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is 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 has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan, the world’s top-selling female artist, and the world’s most successful living artist. Her work influenced that of her contemporaries, including Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg.