
Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Pumpkin (8) 南瓜(8)
1997
Yayoi Kusama's Pumpkin (8) exemplifies her iconic use of polka dots and repetitive patterns applied to the organic form of a pumpkin, a motif she has explored extensively throughout her career. Created in acrylic on canvas, the work demonstrates her characteristic approach of transforming everyday objects into meditative, obsessive compositions that reflect her artistic practice rooted in personal symbolism and psychological introspection. The numbered series suggests this work is part of a larger body of investigations into the same subject, allowing viewers to experience variations on a theme that bridges the artist's interest in both natural forms and abstract patterning.
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Day Auction
March 30, 2026
Estimate: $5,200,000 – $7,000,000
Lot 213
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