Yayoi Kusama 🇯🇵 Pumpkins • Show News • Art For Sale

[LJCal]

£14.5k from a gallery
loughercontemporary.shop/collections/yayoi-kusama/products/yayoi-kusama-lemon-squash-kusama-158-1992

[LJCal]

No arr for Japanese artists

[Buttercup NYC]

secretnyc.co/yayoi-kusama-new-york-botanical-garden-exhibit/

This delayed exhibit will begin in April. Very exciting! 

[artzzzy]

Looks amazing!
I was lucky enough to see her small exhibition and infinity mirrored room in London in 2018. It totally blew my mind!!

[sandworm]

My query is, I see these pumpkins come up in nearly every contemporary auction and always seem to fetch around the £500 mark.

These are neither rare or difficult to get hold of, indeed StockX is selling them for £240 and other more reputable sources at slightly higher prices.

Why do they continually receive such greater prices at auction? Am I missing something or can people really just not be bothered to Google things prior to placing a bid?

[robo]

Provenance?

[sandworm]

Mar 9, 2021 23:34:21 GMT 1 robo said:

Provenance?

To be honest, apart from having the original box there doesn't appear to be any provenance required or provided even when consigned to reputable auction houses such as Bonhams, Sotheby's etc.

[sgolby]

You can buy them at the moma store. They are an open edition.

[pr.yu]

Got mine from MOMA store. Great pieces. Don't understand those unwilling to do a little research.

[mrizzle]

Mar 10, 2021 0:42:08 GMT 1 pr.yu said:

Got mine from MOMA store. Great pieces. Don't understand those unwilling to do a little research.

Do they ship internationally? I’d looked at them there previously but didn’t get as far as looking at the shipping options. To he comes a member, do you need to do more than provide contact details?

[pr.yu]

Mar 10, 2021 0:54:50 GMT 1 mrizzle said:

Mar 10, 2021 0:42:08 GMT 1 pr.yu said:

Got mine from MOMA store. Great pieces. Don't understand those unwilling to do a little research.

Do they ship internationally? I’d looked at them there previously but didn’t get as far as looking at the shipping options. To he comes a member, do you need to do more than provide contact details?

Don't know about international shipping as I'm in the US. I became a member to buy these because it was cost effective at the time. Just had to give contact info, and I got a few catalogs in the mail that I like leafing through.

[d.r. perseus]

Mar 10, 2021 3:09:43 GMT 1 @dmatt said:

BTW they are sold out in Moma...

Restocked soon

[tonys]

Some are 'mass produced' and generally available in Japan, but some are only available in specific locations/museums. There are also limited editions from what I've seen too.

[rr]

Got mine in 2009, first trip to Japan

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Mar 10, 2021 0:54:50 GMT 1 mrizzle said:

Mar 10, 2021 0:42:08 GMT 1 pr.yu said:

Got mine from MOMA store. Great pieces. Don't understand those unwilling to do a little research.

Do they ship internationally? I’d looked at them there previously but didn’t get as far as looking at the shipping options. To he comes a member, do you need to do more than provide contact details?

They do ship internationally and there are usually discount codes available too (when they're in stock).

The auction success has always baffled me too. Saw them going for £900 at auction when they were freely available for about £225. Thought I must be missing something. 

[Lord Lucas Roham]

It's the art equivalent of me buying some sealant from B&Q when it's much cheaper in Screwfix. Sometimes you buy what's in front of you at the time.

[mack]

Is a box enough proof of authenticity? Not a super expensive piece and an open edition. Would be understandable if fakers don’t bother with boxes.

[veetee]

Mar 11, 2021 18:51:51 GMT 1 rr said:

Got mine in 2009, first trip to Japan

Your’s actually looks slightly different from the usual ones I’ve seen. The stem looks shorter and the shape is slightly different too. Do you remember where you got yours from? I have seen a few variations. I have one from a holiday to Japan & have always wondered the same as the OP!

[Coach]

Mines a whopper!

http://instagram.com/p/CC9KmxAFTSA

[Woodey1001]

A better buy is the puzzle from Japan. For £200 (plus some hours putting it together!)  you can have a large, official, pumpkin on framed on the wall. They look really good framed up in person. 

[Woodey1001]

Mar 11, 2021 20:38:09 GMT 1 Coach said:

Mines a whopper!

http://instagr.am/p/CC9KmxAFTSA

These are so good!

[rr]

Mar 11, 2021 19:51:58 GMT 1 veetee said:

Mar 11, 2021 18:51:51 GMT 1 rr said:

Got mine in 2009, first trip to Japan

Your’s actually looks slightly different from the usual ones I’ve seen. The stem looks shorter and the shape is slightly different too. Do you remember where you got yours from? I have seen a few variations. I have one from a holiday to Japan & have always wondered the same as the OP!

Mori Art Museum in Roppongi; it was April 2009.

www.mori.art.museum/en/

it looks fatty 

[artzzzy]

For many people buying stuff at Sotheby’s and Christie’s is like shopping at a luxury store.. They buy it more for the name of the auction house than the artists themselves

Prints and old huge additions by Koons or Hirst still go for high prices at auctions when you could pick them up for much less at a gallery, and without paying buyer premium

[veetee]

Mar 11, 2021 21:03:19 GMT 1 rr said:

Mar 11, 2021 19:51:58 GMT 1 veetee said:

Your’s actually looks slightly different from the usual ones I’ve seen. The stem looks shorter and the shape is slightly different too. Do you remember where you got yours from? I have seen a few variations. I have one from a holiday to Japan & have always wondered the same as the OP!

Mori Art Museum in Roppongi; it was April 2009.

www.mori.art.museum/en/

it looks fatty 

It’s cute These ones definitely weren’t at Mori when I was there some years later. Only the yellow/black and red/white ones like in the OP’s image.

[rr]

Mar 12, 2021 1:53:08 GMT 1 @dmatt said:

Mar 11, 2021 18:51:51 GMT 1 rr said:

Got mine in 2009, first trip to Japan

This is from the 2002 collection. Keep it.

thanks for the info!! 
I'm literally giving a high-five to the past-myself 

[rr]

Mar 12, 2021 20:33:04 GMT 1 @dmatt said:

How much did your past self pay for this?

He needs to dig around his receipts but at the time he was so young and so broke that 100€ would be just too much 

Just saw the same one on artsy (a bit expensive lately) for 1250usd...

[rr]

Mar 12, 2021 22:49:17 GMT 1 @dmatt said:

Mar 12, 2021 21:13:34 GMT 1 rr said:

He needs to dig around his receipts but at the time he was so young and so broke that 100€ would be just too much 

Just saw the same one on artsy (a bit expensive lately) for 1250usd...

Yeah Artsy is not the best site to reference sales.
Therefore it should have a pretty high value as it’s an old one.

I have all the Naoshima set + a couple of yellow ones. Their quality is awesome.yu

yummy! 
any pics of them?!

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These seem to have gone from the MOMA shop now. Can't sign up for re-stock notification any more.

[acertle]

Apr 3, 2021 7:00:19 GMT 1 @whatilike said:

These seem to have gone from the MOMA shop now. Can't sign up for re-stock notification any more.

Still available at lammfromm:

www.lammfromm.tokyo/product-page/yayoi-kusama-pumpkin-object

[veetee]

Apr 3, 2021 5:13:00 GMT 1 @dmatt said:

Mar 13, 2021 1:34:17 GMT 1 rr said:

yummy! 
any pics of them?!

Sure! I have the classic red/white + black/yellow and the original ones from Naoshima in Black/yellow and black/red. 

I have an extra classic black/yellow from Moma I might sell if interested..

Nice!
Did you buy both your Naoshima ones from Naoshima? I wish I’d bought the red/white one. I only got the black/yellow.