Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), A Face

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
A Face
stamped with the artist's signature, titled and dated '1953 YAYOI KUSAMA A Face' (on the reverse); signed, titled again and dated again 'A Face 1953 Yayoi Kusama' (on the backing board)
gouache, watercolor, ink and pastel on paper
11 5/8 x 8 7/8 in. (29.5 x 22.5 cm.)
Executed in 1953.

Provenance
Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Private collection, Houston
Gertrude Stein Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Pre-Lot Text
Contemporary Drawings Collected by Martina Yamin

Exhibited
Wellesley, Massachusetts, Wellesley College, Davis Museum, "Don't Look," Contemporary Drawings from Martina Yamin's Collection, September-December 2007, pp. 62 and 63, no. 22 (illustrated).