Lot  115 Ravenel Spring Auction 2019 Taipei

Ravenel Spring Auction 2019 Taipei

Infinity Nets (ZYA)

Yayoi KUSAMA (Japanese, 1929)

1999

Acrylic on canvas

45 x 38.5 cm

Estimate

TWD 7,000,000-9,000,000

HKD 1,786,000-2,296,000

USD 228,000-293,200

CNY 1,535,000-1,974,000

Sold Price

TWD 6,600,000

HKD 1,637,717

USD 208,860

CNY 1,447,368


Signature

Signed on the reverse Yayoi Kusama in English, dated 1999 and titled Infinity Nets (ZYA) in English and Infinity Nets in Japanese
This painting is to be sold with a registration card issued by Yayoi Kusama Studio.

PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from the artist Private collection, USA

+ OVERVIEW

"The netting under the brush transcends the canvas itself and extends to the wall and ceiling, eventually covering the entire universe." The infinite net is a kind of appearance of the spiritual world in the artist Yayoi Kusama, who suffers from neurological and audio-visual disorders. Although today she is known as the "Queen of the Dot", but “Infinity Net”was a blockbuster hit in 1960's New York in the same vein as many artists such as Andy Warhol... etc., a representative piece that inspires wonder in those who view it. The eye-catching "Infinity Net ZYA" was completed in 1999. Its orange lines and golden mesh creates a pleasant warmth under the warm colors of each other. At the same time, the artist's classic vocabulary—the weblike texture that grows like a cell, with the thick brushstrokes of acrylic paints provokes the viewer's optic nerve. As the sense of turbulence continues to proliferate and the network of images extends further into the depths of people's subconscious, it is like creating a new concept of eternal time and unlimited space, and the "infinite" world of Yayoi Kusama is fully developed in this moment.
Related Info

Modern & Contemporary Asian Art

Ravenel Spring Auction 2019 Taipei

Sunday, June 2, 2019, 2:00pm