Flower (No. 9)

Artist Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, 1929)

Date1952

MediumGouache on cream wove paper

DimensionsSheet (and image): H 14 1/8 x W 9 7/8 in. (H 35.9 x W 25.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Tepper, 1970

Object number70.58

On View

On view

Object NamePainting | Drawing

Title Details

Artist title Flower (No. 9)

Remarks verso inscription

Published Title Untitled

Remarks 1981 collection catalogue

Inscriptionsrecto: signed l.r., white gouache: "YAYOI / KUSAMA / 1952". Verso: u.c., black ink: "Flower" and graphite: "(No 9)".Marks and Labels/Stampsverso: c., stamped in purple ink: "SUBJECT: / DATE OF WORK: 1952 / DRAWING BY YAYOI KUSAMA"; u.l. and l.r.e., stamped in purple ink: 2 vertical lines of Japanese characters, translated as "Matsumoto-shi, Nakajo-cho, 704 Banchi [704 nakajo-cho, Matsumoto City] Kusama Yayoi".ProvenanceMr. & Mrs. Harry L. Tepper, East Orange, New Jersey.

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