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32 ণගᏎ͛ b.1929 Yayoi Kusama
ی͘ Pumpkin
ზᎉ Bronze sculpture
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ɓɘɘʞϋЪ 6 x 6.8 x 6.5 cm. 2 /8 × 2 /8 × 2 /2 in.
Executed in 1995
ಛᗆ Signed in English and dated on the
KUSAMA’95ֵ
underside
Ը๕ PROVENANCE
؇ԯ KURA ఼ Kura Gallery, Tokyo
ԭݲࠠࠅӷɛϗᔛ Important Private Collection, Asia
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ɷᒣϵd⥙⥙͛ሾ Hammered and Tempered
for the Finest Glow
ণගᏎ͛Ӽზᎉی͘ Pumpkin{{A Rare Bronze Sculpture
Ңᆠฌی͘dΪމ˼ࡁՈϞܑᎰٙҖόdาٙชઋ˸ʿձɛɓᅵٙۜሯձҖόfҢ௴Ъیٙ͘ by Yayoi Kusama
ᅎૐʥίᘱᚃfҢϞᆠઋdλ྅ҢԱ್݊ࡈʃ܀f “I love pumpkins because of their humorous form,
warm feeling, and a human-like quality and form. My
{{ণගᏎ͛
desire to create works of pumpkins still continues. I have
1993 ϋdণගᏎ͛ЪމЗఊዹ˾ڌ˚͉ਞ̋۾̵ᕐϋ࢝ٙɾᖵஔdࠠᓃяତəᗝ܊ enthusiasm as if I were still a child.”
ༀໄ{{ᗝ܊ی͘fίԟ˸ᗝࠦଡ଼ٙ٤ගʕdɽʃҖ࿒ମٙරی͘ᎉ෧ೌࠢұ࢛dி {{Yayoi Kusama
ϓ੶डൖᙂˌdͷ߰ɓ˪ೌࠢᓒੵٙی͘͞fϾণගۆԒ߈੭Ϟලتᓃٙරࠄ࢝ఙʱᗍʃی In 1993, Yayoi Kusama became the first woman artist
͘ഗᝈ٫fϤ࢝ɓᑘ˿ণගʿՉتᓃی͘౮ΤყfϾίεʔΝٙی͘ிۨʕd⭃࿒̙યٙ to singly represent Japan in the Venice Biennale,
ພߛی͘௪աఃฌdν 2018 Ї 2019 ϋdণගԯே FMOCA ତ˾ߕஔᑘ፬ٙণගᏎ͛j͑ where she showed Mirror Room (Pumpkin) and gained
Ⴣٙی࢝͘dՉऎజуᐏ࢝ٙ 123 Ъۜʕतй፯əɪɨڐഃᄱٙພߛی͘މ˴ԉd̙Ԉ international fame for her “polka-dot pumpkins” and
ϤிۨʔසމᖵஔᒤઋdһϘʊଉɝɛːf݊ϣ߇שٙی͘މণගί۾̵ᕐϋ࢝ܝཞɚϋ herself. Among the various forms of pumpkins, the
short and chubby pumpkin is very popular. In 2018
ҁϓٙࠢඎ 30 وზᎉdԨމՉʕʘوdᜑՉޜdҖܦމקዎ⭃ێٙພߛی͘dญɛఃฌf and 2019, Kusama’s important solo exhibition at the
ዎྼٙ͛նจқ Forever Museum of Contemporary Art in Kyōto, Yayoi
Kusama: Pumpkin Forever, featured on its poster a
ᓃٙҖً྅˄ජdᅄə˰ޢɪٙהϞঐඎfᓃऊፄҢࡁٙ˂ձᔶdҢࡁکձᐑྤ chubby pumpkin that was almost equal in its width
ፄމɓdҢϓމ͑ܩٙɓʱdҢࡁऊፄίฌ༁f and its height. The Pumpkin in the autumn auction
{{ণගᏎ͛ is the valuable first of a limited edition of 30 bronze
ی͘ɓЪʕdږර̮ٙᄴீ̈ږ᙮˂್ٙΈዣd⥙⥙͛ሾfՉພߛٙᔶ⭃࿒̙યdਗ਼ൖᙂࠠ sculptures made two years after the Venice Biennale.
ːזЭdீତ໔ሸྼήٙӐᖢชdઅ Its adorable quality is brought out by its modest, short,
and chunky form.
್χͭί˂ήʘගfی͘ᆗٙԂɿʱމ
ɞᖙdІɪᝈʘdλЧɓϢସකٙᕑീd A Robust and Humble Will to Live
The golden shell of Pumpkin gleams with a natural
νఆ̪Σɪ౮dєᚤ͛նٙԉf
ϤЪ͍ҁߕ༕ᙑণගהԊjی̮ۨ͘ྼ luster. Its chunky body charmingly lowers the visual
focus, giving a calm, down-to-earth impression. The
ί˄̙ฌədіˏҢ̴ٙ݊ই४݄͊ٙɽ pumpkin, with eight ridges on its plump belly, looks like
ԂɿdᒔϞ੶ɽٙၚग़τ֛ชf Ͼণග a blooming daisy from the top. Its short stem raises
ᅺႦٙتᓃʔΎओی͘ڌࠦdίϤʷԒ like a trumpet that blows the tune of life. No longer
ɽमʃमໝ͗ᆵٙලЍᝤՍᓃdνड floating on the surface, Kusama’s signature polka
ণගᏎ͛ 2018 Ї 2019 ϋᑘ፬əᚾܼ 123 ЪۜٙণගᏎ ˦ଏٙଉՍठΙdɦν˄ජ݈࢛ɨٙΈ dots have been replaced by chiseled black dots as if
͛j͑Ⴣٙی࢝͘d࢝ᚎऎజ፯՟əɓᒶພߛٙی͘ЪމᖅΈd forged by a blazing fire, or the afterimage of the sun.
Ԉᖵஔ࿁ϤிۨઋϞዹᒤ d̂တ੶קዎٙږͩሯชdίی͘ޛ Robust and humble in texture, the metal pumpkin has
ᘡٙԒᔶʕᘾў੶ɽٙ͛նੵɢf
a vitality that is much greater than its dainty body.
Ъމي༟ྎ˶ϋ˾௰੬Ԉٙ̂৴Ъيd At a time when resources were scarce, pumpkins were
ی͘МণගٙഁϋdίμʫːѢ߮ٙ the most common type of food. They accompanied
˚ɿ༁ഗʚᐕᓹٙɢඎdΪϤίՉːʕ Kusama throughout her childhood, gave her the
йՈจ່fϾتᓃ࿁ণගϾԊd͵ power to heal at difficult times, and thus are special in
ν˄ජfμ˸Ϥਗ਼ຬيऊፄίฌٙၣഖ the artist’s heart. The polka dot, then, “has the form of
ʘʕd༺ϓ͑ܩٙձፓfی͘ɓЪਗ਼ the sun.” In this way, everything dissolves into a web of
ণග͛նʕ௰ՈϞาɢඎٙՇ၇ᖵஔ love, existing eternally in harmony. Pumpkin combines
Ⴇคتᓃձی͘ഐΥd˸ the two warmest artistic vocabulary in Kusama’s
life, the polka dot and the pumpkin, calling for more
˦ೋᎉٙზҿdྼତəیٙ͘ɽ˙ inclusiveness and understanding in our society and
վଟၾҁߕٙၚग़̻ፅfμ˸تᓃی the harmonious coexistence between human and
ণ ග Ꮞ ͛ ᗝ ܊ ی ͘dᗝ ɿe˝ ᎘eε ద eی ͘d ͘խఎٟึග࢙ٙ̍ଣ༆eʿɛၾІ
200Ò200Ò200 cmd1991 ϋЪdϤɽۨᗝ܊ༀໄ 1993 ϋ nature through bronze, a material that has undergone
۾̵ᕐϋ࢝˚͉࢝̈dˏ೯Όଢتᓃی͘ᆠᆓ ್ٙձፓஈdတўଉจf the quenching of flames.
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