Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection
Yayoi Kusama
Gentuer Object (Spirit of the Bird)
Auction Closed
November 17, 10:15 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection
Yayoi Kusama
b. 1929
Gentuer Object (Spirit of the Bird)
signed Yayoi Kusama, dated 1988 and variously inscribed in Japanese (on the underside)
acrylic, feathers, synthetic hair, glitter and canvas collage in wooden box
15⅜ by 10¼ by 5 in.
39 by 26 by 12.7 cm.
Executed in 1988.
Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo
Private Collection, Japan
Sotheby's New York, 11 March 1998, lot 269
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private Collection, Japan
Sotheby's New York, 11 March 1998, lot 269
Acquired from the above by the present owner