Modern & Contemporary Day Auction

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Present Bodies: The Pursuit of Painting from a Distinguished Contemporary Art Collection

Yayoi Kusama

A Dream I Dreamed Yesterday

Auction Closed

March 2, 03:45 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Present Bodies: The Pursuit of Painting from a Distinguished Contemporary Art Collection

Yayoi Kusama

b. 1929


A Dream I Dreamed Yesterday

signed twice, titled, dated 2006 and numbered 2/5 on the reverse 

silkscreen on canvas

162 by 130.3 cm. 63¾ by 51¼ in.

Executed in 2006, this work is number 2 from an edition of 5.

Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
Private Collection 
Victoria Miro, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2020
London, Victoria Miro, Yayoi Kusama, October 2007 - March 2008, n.p., illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen; Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art; and Wellington, City Gallery Wellington, Yayoi Kusama Mirrored Years, August 2008 - February 2010, p. 22; and p. 27, illustrated in colour (installation view) (edition no. unknown)
Osaka, The National Museum of Art; Saitama, The Museum of Modern Art; Matsumoto, Matsumoto City Museum of Art; and Niigata, Niigata City Art Museum, Yayoi Kusama: Eternity of Eternal Eternity, January - December 2012, p. 46, no. 22, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)
Tokyo, Yayoi Kusama Museum, Midway Between Mystery and Symbol: Yayoi Kusama's Monochrome, April - December 2021 (edition no. unknown)