Strauss & co - 15 February 2020, Cape Town

16  YAYOI KUSAMA JAPANESE 1929– Red and Yellow Pumpkin, two each stamped with the artist’s copyright on the underside published by Benesse Holdings, Inc., Naoshima, Japan painted cast resin, each in their original paper covered boxes 10,2 by 8,3 by 8,3cm each (2) R30 000 – 50 000 “Pumpkins are lovable And their wonderfully wild and humorous atmosphere Never ceases to capture the hearts of people I adore pumpkins As my spiritual home since childhood, and with their infinite spirituality They contribute to the peace of mankind across the world And to the celebration of humanity And by doing so, they make me feel at peace Pumpkins bring about poetic peace in my mind Pumpkins talk to me Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins Giving off an aura of my sacred mental state They embody a base for the joy of living A living shared by all of humankind on the earth It is for the pumpkins that I keep on going” Yayoi Kusama, On Pumpkins , Courtesy of Victoria Miro, 2014 28