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Pumpkin 1992

Artwork Pumpkin this artwork made of Colour screenprint on paper, created in 1992-01-01
Accession No.
1996.203
Date Created
1992
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Contemporary Asian Art
Dimensions A
84 x 71cm
Edition
ed. 13/120
Media Category
Print
Secondary Media Category
screenprint
Medium
Colour screenprint on paper
Place Created
Tokyo
Credit Line
Purchased 1996

Otherworldly, Pumpkin 1992 showcases Kusama’s meticulous use of black dots on a golden orange surface and background of intricate linework associated with her celebrated ‘net’ paintings. The unpretentious pumpkin has long featured in Kusama’s art practice, and provided a comforting, grounding motif and symbol of fertility among the flashes of lights, dots and flowers that assailed her during the hallucinatory episodes of her youth.

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© YAYOI KUSAMA

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