Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin (OG) For Sale

About this work

Yayoi Kusama stands as one of the most influential and commercially significant artists of the postwar era, her work commanding exceptional prices at auction and held in the permanent collections of major institutions worldwide. From her early infinity net paintings to her immersive installation environments, Kusama has built a visual language that bridges Pop Art, Minimalism, and avant-garde conceptualism while remaining distinctly her own. Pumpkin (OG) from 1992 represents a pivotal moment in Kusama's career, created during the period when she began to revisit and expand upon the pumpkin motif that would become one of her most recognized subjects. The gourd form, which Kusama has described as both humble and amusing, serves as a vehicle for her signature polka-dot patterning—a visual element rooted in her hallucinatory experiences and philosophical investigations into infinity and self-obliteration. This screenprint captures the artist's ability to transform an organic, everyday object into something simultaneously whimsical and psychologically charged. As an edition of just four impressions, this work is exceptionally rare within Kusama's print oeuvre, where editions typically number in the dozens or hundreds. The scarcity of this particular print, combined with its early date and its position within the artist's celebrated pumpkin series, makes it a significant example for collectors seeking depth in their holdings of her work. The 1992 date places it among the foundational works that preceded her monumental pumpkin sculptures and subsequent global recognition. For acquisition inquiries regarding this rare Kusama screenprint, please contact Guy Hepner directly.