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Yayoi Kusama

Death of an Illusion

Auction Closed

November 16, 11:16 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Yayoi Kusama

b. 1929


Death of an Illusion

stuffed fabric, wire and velcro, in 2 parts 

installation dimensions variable

Executed in 2001.

This work is accompanied by a registration card issued by YAYOI KUSAMA Inc.


Please note, this work is accompanied by a registration card issued by YAYOI KUSAMA Inc.
Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris 
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Paris, Galerie Pièce Unique, Death of an Illusion, April - May 2001
Kunstverein Braunschweig, Yayoi Kusama: Works from the Year 1949 to 2003, November 2003 - February 2004, p. 25, illustrated in color
Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Dona Metamorfosis De La Modernitat, November 2004 - February 2005, p. 216, illustrated in color 
Paris, Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, Yayoi Kusama, October 2011 - September 2012, p. 124, illustrated in color
Geneva, Gowen, STATEMENT - ESCAPE LINE: Yayoi Kusama, Sébastien Mettraux, August - November 2021