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'Dancing Pumpkin (YBL) (Kusama 320)' by Yayoi Kusama is a screen-print measuring 127 × 166.4 cm, produced in 2004. A bulbous, symmetrical pumpkin form — rendered in gold against a deep black ground — dominates the composition, its lobed contours packed with concentric rows of dots that graduate in size from the ridges inward. The surrounding field carries Kusama's signature net pattern: an interlocking web of fine triangular cells that extends to all four edges. The pumpkin is among Kusama's most sustained motifs, rooted in childhood memories of the vegetable on her family's seed farm in Matsumoto, Japan. Over decades it has appeared across her paintings, sculptures, and large-scale installations, with the dot-and-net vocabulary anchoring the work to her broader interest in repetition as both formal discipline and psychological process.
Yayoi Kusama (Japan, 1929–2026) was a pioneering artist known for her avant-garde vision, using polka dots, mirrors, and immersive installations to explore themes of infinity and self-obliteration. Her Infinity Rooms and bold, colourful works became landmarks of contemporary art, while her practice intersected with and influenced developments in Pop Art and Minimalism. Kusama’s art combined obsession, repetition, beauty, and transcendence, making her one of the most internationally celebrated artists of her generation.
Dancing Pumpkin (YBL) (Kusama 320), 2004
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'Dancing Pumpkin (YBL) (Kusama 320)' by Yayoi Kusama is a screen-print measuring 127 × 166.4 cm, produced in 2004. A bulbous, symmetrical pumpkin form — rendered in gold against a deep black ground — dominates the composition, its lobed contours packed with concentric rows of dots that graduate in size from the ridges inward. The surrounding field carries Kusama's signature net pattern: an interlocking web of fine triangular cells that extends to all four edges. The pumpkin is among Kusama's most sustained motifs, rooted in childhood memories of the vegetable on her family's seed farm in Matsumoto, Japan. Over decades it has appeared across her paintings, sculptures, and large-scale installations, with the dot-and-net vocabulary anchoring the work to her broader interest in repetition as both formal discipline and psychological process.
Yayoi Kusama (Japan, 1929–2026) was a pioneering artist known for her avant-garde vision, using polka dots, mirrors, and immersive installations to explore themes of infinity and self-obliteration. Her Infinity Rooms and bold, colourful works became landmarks of contemporary art, while her practice intersected with and influenced developments in Pop Art and Minimalism. Kusama’s art combined obsession, repetition, beauty, and transcendence, making her one of the most internationally celebrated artists of her generation.
Yayoi Kusama
Dancing Pumpkin (YBL) (Kusama 320), 2004
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GBP 56,000 – 70,000
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Yayoi Kusama
Dancing Pumpkin (YBL) (Kusama 320), 2004
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