Modern to Contemporary Auction | April 21, 2023
Fri, Apr 21, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 10
Yayoi Kusama
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(New York/Japan, born 1929)
Dancing Pumpkin, 1993, 78/120, signed lower right "Yayoi Kusama", titled in Japanese, screenprint on wove paper, image 19-5/8 x 28-5/8 in., sheet 23-7/8 x 32-1/2 in.
Note: Denise Marshall was a research librarian, noted scholar of Virginia Woolf, and a professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey for 15 years or so before retiring. She also taught college courses through the University of Maryland to military personnel in the 1970s in Japan, Bali, and Korea, which is when she would have first traveled in Asia where she began collecting art. She traveled extensively in the 80s and 90s to the Far East and she lived and worked in Africa for a time. She was a collector of rare books and art for much of her life.
Condition
full margins, strong color, corner margins with creases, some slight handling grime, abrasion to black ink lower right, remnant hinging tape verso top at two points
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Denise Marshall, New Jersey, purchased early 1990s; By descent in family
