Contemporary Day Auction

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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Yayoi Kusama

A Blue Bird

VAT reduced rate

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Yayoi Kusama

b. 1929

A Blue Bird

signed and dated 1981 (lower left); signed, signed in Japanese, titled in Japanese and dated 1981 (on the verso)

gouache, gold paint, ink, glitter, charcoal and collage on paper

66 by 51.4 cm. 26 by 20¼ in.

framed: 84.8 by 70.3 cm. 33⅜ by 27⅝ in.

Executed in 1981.

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

Private Collection

Christie's, London, 5 December 2005, lot 77

Acquired from the above by the present owner

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