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Yayoi Kusama's signature polka dots, pumpkins, and her unique blend of Pop Art, abstraction and traditional Japanese techniques make her the highest-selling female artist today. If you’re looking for original Kusama prints and editions for sale or would like to sell, request a complimentary valuation and browse our network’s most in-demand works.

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Biography

Known for her polka-dot installation works and iconic ‘Infinity Rooms,’ Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is one of the biggest names in 20th Century art. Born in Matsumoto in 1929, Kusama is now one of the most well-known figures across Pop Art and Minimalist movements, and her experiments in performance, fashion, poetry and painting have been exhibited around the world. Notably, Kusama has been open about the way she uses art as a form of therapy. Following her rise to fame in the 1960s, Kusama has ensured her status as one of the most important contemporary artists from Japan in the 20th century.

Untitled (Nets) by Yayoi Kusama

Image © Phillips / Untitled (Nets) © Yayoi Kusama 1959

1. £8.5M for Yayoi Kusama's Untitled (Nets)

Executed in the year her famed Infinity Nets series was born, Kusama's 1959 Untitled (Nets) defines her mastery of abstraction. Kusama proceeds with her preoccupation and fascination with dots in this painting, displaying an interminable expanse of dotted patterns against a white background. "And the spell of the dots and the mesh enfolded me in a magical curtain of mysterious, invisible power," Kusama said.

This oil on canvas fetched £8.5 million during the 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale auction at Phillips, New York, exceeding estimates of £4-5.7million.

Pumpkin (L) by Yayoi Kusama - Sotheby's 2023

Image © Sotheby's / Pumpkin (L) © Yayoi Kusama 2014

2. £6.4M for Yayoi Kusama's Pumpkin (L)


Pumpkin (L) (2014) a bronze sculpture by Kusama, features her most iconic motif, rendered in her signature polka dot design. This artwork is a rare and striking example of a large-scale sculptural piece, showcasing Kusama's iconic interpretation of the pumpkin. The sculptures from this series were created in various editions, each distinguished by its size. This particular work is the largest in the series, designated as edition 8 of 8 with 2 artist proofs, and it marks the first time a sculpture of this scale has appeared at auction.

Editions of these sculptures have previously been displayed publicly, garnering widespread recognition on a global scale. In April 2023, Sotheby's Hong Kong presented this remarkable artwork, which achieved £6.4 million, setting a new record for Kusama's sculptural practice.

Interminable Net #4 by Yayoi Kusama

Image © Sotheby's / Interminable Net #4 © Yayoi Kusama 1959

3. £6.1M for Yayoi Kusama's Interminable Net No.4

Created during Kusama’s time in New York, Interminable Net #4 belongs to a body of work known as the Infinity Net paintings. Kusama attributes the inspiration for these artworks to a view she once had from an aeroplane window, where she ‘saw ever expanding nets on the ocean’. Indeed the layered, painterly effect created across the surface of this canvas is evocative of ripples across water. Interminable Net No.4 sold for HK$62,433,000 (£6,056,250) at Sotheby's Hong Kong in April 2019, among the highest values ever achieved for a Kusama artwork on the secondary market.

Flowers by Yayoi Kusama - Christie's 2023

Image © Christie's / Flowers © Yayoi Kusama 2015