Sea
Creatures
Using a neon palette, this collection of Yayoi Kusama’s screen-prints features aquatic life— from goldfish bowl to the sea. Her depictions of oceanic creatures showcase her awe of nature, and its abundance of intricate forms and textures, seen particularly in Shells, an array of natural variety in mollusc form.
Yayoi Kusama Sea Creatures For sale
Sea Creatures Value (5 Years)
With 70 auction appearances since 2011, Yayoi Kusama's Sea Creatures series is one of the most actively traded in the market. Prices have varied significantly – from £660 to £40,824 – a range driven by factors that enhance value including condition, rarity and edition variant, with a premium placed on rare-to-market examples. Peak hammer prices have reached £40,824 for top-performing works. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £13,683, with an average annual growth rate of 26.73% across the series.
Sea Creatures Market value
Auction Results
| Artwork | Auction Date | Auction House | Return to Seller | Hammer Price | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sea Yayoi Kusama Signed Print | 19 Jul 2025 | Mainichi Auction, Osaka | 12,750 | 15,000 | 17,000 |
 Fish Yayoi Kusama Signed Print | 5 Jul 2025 | iART | 7,650 | 9,000 | 10,000 |
 Goldfish Bowl Yayoi Kusama Signed Print | 28 Jun 2025 | Neww Auction | 8,075 | 9,500 | 10,500 |
 Depths Of The Sea Yayoi Kusama Signed Print | 2 Jun 2024 | Ravenel, Taipei | 10,200 | 12,000 | 14,500 |
 Shells Yayoi Kusama Signed Print | 2 Jun 2024 | Ravenel, Taipei | 15,300 | 18,000 | 22,000 |
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Meaning & Analysis
In Kusama’s Sea Creature prints, largely produced in 1989, an array of neon, polka-dotted sea creatures is scattered naturalistically on an Infinity Nets style backgrounds. Her depictions of oceanic creatures showcase her awe of nature, and its abundance of intricate forms and textures, seen particularly in Shells, an array of natural variety in mollusc form.
While Yayoi Kusama believes strongly in the power of individuality, her fascination with multiplicity—reflected here in the collection of different species—expresses her spiritual belief in the interconnectedness of all things, in a cosmos with its own organic pattern or scheme. In other words, this oceanic display of natural variety simultaneously attests to Kusama’s wonder at the beautiful inventions of mother nature, and reminds of her statement, that earth is ‘only one polka dot […] in the cosmos’.
