Survey: Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, 2023

Stainless steel and urethane paint

98 x 111 x 106 inches (248.9 x 281.9 x 269.2 cm)

Signed and dated

Yayoi Kusama

Aspiring to Pumpkin’s Love, the Love in My Heart, 2023

Bronze and urethane paint

132 x 328 x 163 inches (335.3 x 833.1 x 414 cm)

Installation view, Yayoi Kusama: I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, David Zwirner, New York, 2023

Yayoi Kusama

Dreaming of Earth’s Sphericity, I Would Offer My Love, 2023

Wood, stainless steel, aluminum, tile, acrylic, metal, and paint

158 3/4 x 201 1/8 x 201 1/8 inches (403.2 x 510.8 x 510.8 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE, 2023

Acrylic and ink on canvas

31 5/8 x 25 5/8 inches (80.3 x 65.2 cm)

Installation view, Yayoi Kusama: My Soul Blooms Forever, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, 2022. Photo by Ravi Cohen

Installation view, Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now, M+, Hong Kong, 2022

Yayoi Kusama

Dancing Pumpkin, 2020

Bronze and urethane paint

193 x 306 x 293 inches (490.2 x 777.2 x 744.2 cm)

Installation view, KUSAMA: COSMIC NATURE, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, 2021

Yayoi Kusama

I Want to Fly to the Universe, 2020

Cast aluminum and urethane paint

157 1/2 x 169 1/4 x 140 1/8 inches (400 x 430 x 356 cm)

Installation view, KUSAMA: COSMIC NATURE, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, 2021

Installation view, KUSAMA: COSMIC NATURE, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, 2021

Installation view, Yayoi Kusama: EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE, David Zwirner, New York, 2019

Yayoi Kusama

INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE, 2019

Mirrored glass, wood, LED lighting system, metal, and acrylic panel

113 5/8 x 163 1/2 x 163 5/8 inches (288.6 x 415.3 x 415.6 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - LET'S SURVIVE FOREVER, 2017

Wood, metal, glass mirrors, LED lighting system, monofilament, stainless steel balls, and carpet

123 x 246 x 245 1/4 inches (312.4 x 624.8 x 622.9 cm)

Installation view, Yayoi Kusama: Festival of Life, David Zwirner, New York, 2017

Yayoi Kusama

PUMPKIN

, 2015

Stainless steel and red urethane paint

68 3/8 x 71 3/4 x 66 inches (173.7 x 182.2 x 167.6 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

PUMPKIN

, 2015

Stainless steel and urethane paint

46 1/2 x 45 3/4 x 46 3/4 inches (118.1 x 116.2 x 118.7 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

I WHO CRY IN THE FLOWERING SEASON

, 2015

Acrylic on canvas

76 3/8 x 76 3/8 inches (194 x 194 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

GIVE ME LOVE

, 2015

Acrylic on canvas

76 3/8 x 76 3/8 inches (194 x 194 cm)

Installation view, Yayoi Kusama: Give Me Love, David Zwirner, New York, 2015

Installation view, Yayoi Kusama: In Infinity, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, 2015. Courtesy of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Poul Buchard, Brøndum & Co.

Installation view, Yayoi Kusama: In Infinity, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, 2015. Courtesy of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Kim Hansen

Courtesy of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Poul Buchard, Brøndum & Co.

Installation view, Yayoi Kusama: In Infinity, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, 2015. Courtesy of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Poul Buchard, Brøndum & Co.

Yayoi Kusama

MY HEART

, 2015

Acrylic on canvas

63 3/4 x 51 5/16 inches (162 x 130.3 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

RESTING AT THE RIVERSIDE

, 2014

Acrylic on canvas

76 3/8 x 76 3/8 inches (194 x 194 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

VISIONARY DEATH

, 2014

Acrylic on canvas

76 3/8 x 76 3/8 inches (194 x 194 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

FEAR OF YOUTH OVERWHELMED BY THE SPRINGTIME OF LIFE

, 2014

Acrylic on canvas

76 3/8 x 76 3/8 inches (194 x 194 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - THE SOULS OF MILLIONS OF LIGHT YEARS AWAY

, 2013

Wood, metal, glass mirrors, plastic, acrylic panel, rubber, LED lighting system, acrylic balls, and water

113 1/4 x 163 1/2 x 163 1/2 inches (287.7 x 415.3 x 415.3 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

LOVE IS CALLING

, 2013

Wood, metal, glass mirrors, tile, acrylic panel, rubber, blowers, lighting element, speakers, and sound

174 1/2 x 340 5/8 x 239 3/8 inches (443 x 865 x 608 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

A WOMAN WITH PINK HAIR

, 2013

Acrylic on canvas

76 3/8 x 76 3/8 inches (194 x 194 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

BRILLIANCE OF LIFE

, 2013

Acrylic on canvas

76 3/8 x 76 3/8 inches (194 x 194 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

PARTY IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT

, 2013

Acrylic on canvas

76 3/8 x 76 3/8 inches (194 x 194 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

WOMEN IN THE MEMORIES

, 2013

Acrylic on canvas

76 3/8 x 76 3/8 inches (194 x 194 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

INFINITY-NETS [RMOST]

, 2013

Acrylic on canvas

51 3/8 x 51 3/8 inches (130.3 x 130.3 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

INFINITY-NETS [SRVQT]

, 2013

Acrylic on canvas

63 3/4 x 51 3/8 inches (162 x 130.3 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity, 2009

Mixed media

163 1/2 x 163 1/2 x 113 1/4 inches (415 x 415 x 287.4 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

I’m Here, but Nothing, 2009

Vinyl stickers, ultraviolet fluorescent lights, furniture, and household objects

Overall dimensions vary with each installation

Yayoi Kusama

A-CRAB, 2008

Acrylic on canvas

71 3/8 x 89 1/2 inches (181.3 x 227.3 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

INFINITY-NETS

, 2006

Acrylic on canvas

39 3/8 x 39 3/8 inches (100 x 100 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

The Visionary Flowers, 2002

Painted fiberglass-reinforced concrete

720 1/2 x 639 3/4 x 416 1/8 inches (1830 x 1625 x 1057 cm)

Installation view, Matsumoto City Museum of Art, Japan

Yayoi Kusama

The obliteration room, 2002-present

Furniture, white paint, and dot stickers

Dimensions variable

Collaboration between Yayoi Kusama and Queensland Art Gallery, Australia

Yayoi Kusama

Dots Obsession, 2000

Mixed media

Overall dimensions vary with each installation

Installation view, Yayoi Kusama, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France, 2001

Yayoi Kusama

LIFE-REPETITIVE VISION, 1998

Sewn fabric, urethane paint, and wood

58 parts
66 3/4 x 292 x 241 1/4 inches (169.5 x 741.7 x 612.8 cm)
Overall dimensions vary with each installation

Yayoi Kusama

Flowers and Self-Portrait

, 1973

Collage, watercolor and ink on paper

20 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches (53 x 42 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Macaroni Pants

, 1968

Shorts, macaroni, clotheshanger, paint

19 3/4 x 18 1/2 x 1 inches (50 x 47 x 2.5 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Phallic Girl

, 1967

Mannequin with applied sewn stuffed fabric, wig, paint

67 x 39 1/3 x 15 3/4 inches (170 x 100 x 40 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Narcissus Garden, 1966/2016

Overall dimensions vary with each installation

Installation view, YAYOI KUSAMA, IN INFINITY, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2016. Photo by Åsa Lundén

Yayoi Kusama

Narcissus Garden, 1966

1,500 plastic mirror balls

Overall dimensions vary with each installation

Installation view, 33rd Venice Biennale, 1966

Yayoi Kusama

Infinity Mirrored Room – Love Forever, 1966

Wood, mirror, light bulbs, and stainless steel

82 5/8 x 94 1/2 x 80 5/8 inches (210 x 240 x 205 cm)

Installation view, Yayoi Kusama with Infinity Mirrored Room – Love Forever, Castellane Gallery, New York, 1966

Yayoi Kusama

Infinity Mirrored Room – Phalli’s Field, 1965

Sewn stuffed fabric and mirrors

141 3/4 x 141 3/4 x 127 5/8 inches (360 x 360 x 324 cm)

Installation view, Yayoi Kusama with Infinity Mirrored Room – Phalli’s Field, Castellane Gallery, New York, 1965

Yayoi Kusama

Aggregation: One Thousand Boats Show

, 1963

Rowboat and oars covered by plaster castings in white cotton, a pair of women's shoes and 999 black and white offset posters on paper

Boat: 23 1/2 104 1/4 x 51 1/8 inches (60 x 265 x 130 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Accumulation No. 1, 1962

Sewn stuffed fabric, paint, fringe on chair frame

48 x 48 x 48 inches (121.9 x 121.9 x 121.9 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Air Mail Stickers

, 1962

Collage on canvas

71 1/2 x 67 1/2 inches (181.6 x 171.5 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Self-Obliteration No. 1, 1962-1967

Watercolor, pen, pencil and photocollage on paper

15 7/8 x 18 7/8 inches (40.4 x 50.4 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama with Infinity Net paintings in her New York studio

, 1961

Yayoi Kusama

No. F, 1959

Oil on canvas

41 1/2 x 52 inches (105.4 x 132.1 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Nets

, 1957

Gouache on paper

12 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (31.8 x 32.4 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

No. 19 H.S.W., 1956

Pastel and gouache on paper

23 1/2 x 18 inches (59.7 x 45.7 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Leaves, 1954

Goauche on paper

7 7/8 x 10 3.4 inches (20.1 x 27.3 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Snow Ball in Sunset (Snow Ball in Sansunset)

, 1953

Pastel and tempera with black ink on red paper

10 x 10 1/4 inches (25.4 x 26 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Flower Bud No. 6

, 1952

Ink and pastel on paper

14 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches (35.8 x 25.2 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

The Flower No 8

, 1952

Watercolor on paper

14 x 9 7/8 inches (35.6 x 25.1 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Accumulation of the Corpses (Prisoner Surrounded by the Curtain of Depersonalization), 1950

Oil and enamel on seed sack

28 1/2 x 36 inches (72.3 x 91.5 cm)

Yayoi Kusama

Lingering Dream

, 1949

Pigment on paper

53 3/4 x 59 3/4 inches (136.5 x 151.7 cm)