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Yayoi Kusama — Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Pumpkin 捲蒂南瓜
Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Pumpkin 捲蒂南瓜

1998

Yayoi Kusama's "Pumpkin" is an acrylic on canvas work featuring her signature polka dot motif applied to the rounded form of a pumpkin, a subject the Japanese artist has revisited throughout her career as a symbol of humility and self obliteration. The composition demonstrates Kusama's characteristic approach of covering organic forms with infinite repetitive patterns, creating a meditative visual experience that blurs the boundary between the object and its decorative surface. This work exemplifies her broader artistic philosophy of using obsessive repetition and pattern to achieve spiritual transcendence and dissolve individual ego into cosmic infinity.

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Signed
Yes

Notes

Exhibition History: Fukuoka, MOMA Contemporary, Beyond My Illusion , February, 1999. Tokyo, Gallery MoMo, Yayoi Kusama Gallery Collections , February, 2004. Tokyo, Gallery MoMo, Fore runners & Four Eggs - Yayoi Kusama & Ayano Kaeba , March, 2007 ---------------------------------------------- 福岡,MOMA Contemporary 畫廊,〈Beyond My Illusion〉,1999年2月 東京,MoMo 畫廊,〈Yayoi Kusama Gallery Collections〉,2004年2月 東京,MoMo 畫廊,〈Fore runners & Four Eggs - Yayoi Kusama & Ayano Kaeba〉,2007年3月

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Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction

March 29, 2026

Estimate: $22,000,000$40,000,000

Lot 25

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Yayoi Kusama, Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Pumpkin 捲蒂南瓜, 1998

Yayoi Kusama's "Pumpkin" is an acrylic on canvas work featuring her signature polka dot motif applied to the rounded form of a pumpkin, a subject the Japanese artist has revisited throughout her career as a symbol of humility and self obliteration. The composition demonstrates Kusama's characteristic approach of covering organic forms with infinite repetitive patterns, creating a meditative visual experience that blurs the boundary between the object and its decorative surface. This work exemplifies her broader artistic philosophy of using obsessive repetition and pattern to achieve spiritual transcendence and dissolve individual ego into cosmic infinity.

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Year
1998
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Surrealism, Sculpture, Japanese Artist, Pumpkin Motif, 20th-21st Century, Polka dot obsession, Playful, Infinity Net, Contemporary, Whimsy

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