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Materials:
oil on canvas
Size Notes:
51 1/2 x 45 7/8 in. (130.8 x 116.5 cm)
Edition:
Painted in 1959, this work is accompanied by a registration card issued by Yayoi Kusama Studio Inc.
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Markings:
signed and dated "KUSAMA 1959" on the reverse
Condition:
The work is in very good condition. The canvas, six-member stretcher and attachments appear to be in good condition. There is a strip lining to facilitate re-stretching. There are a few fine cracks and minute abrasions to the extreme edges in places and a fine crack to the extreme lower left horizontal edge, all visible only upon close inspection. There are a few flattened impasto peaks with associated minute cracking in places, visible only upon close inspection. When examined under ultraviolet light, a few very small spots fluoresce, primarily to the extreme edges.
Exhibited:
Dusseldorf, Museum Kunst Palast (p. 317, illustrated, p. 158; titled as Ohne Titel (Netzbild)), ZERO. Internationale Ku?nstler-Avantgarde der 50er/60er Jahre; then travelled as Saint-Etienne, Muse?e d'art Moderne (p. 317, illustrated, p.159; titled as Sans titre (Trame)), Ze?ro: avant-garde internationale des anne?es 1950-1960, April 8, 2006–January 15, 2007
Provenance:
Günther Uecker, Dusseldorf (acquired via trade)<br />Private Collection <br />Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco <br />Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007