Oil on canvas framed 30 x 24 in, art 29 x 23 in, manner of Yayoi Kusama ( this lot carries a COA) Kusama Yayoi, born 22 March, 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism, and is infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan.Kusama was raised in Matsumoto, and trained at the Kyoto School of Arts and Crafts in a traditional Japanese painting style called nihonga. Kusama was inspired, however, by American Abstract impressionism. She moved to New York City in 1958 and was a part of the New York avant-garde scene throughout the 1960s, especially in the pop-art movement. Embracing the rise of the hippie counterculture of the late 1960s, she came to public attention when she organized a series of happenings in which naked participants were painted with brightly coloured polka dots. Since the 1970s, Kusama has continued to create art, most notably installations in various museums around the world.Kusama has been open about her mental health. She says that art has become her way to express her mental problems. This lot will sell " manner of the artist" under the liveauctioneers platform policy. * When you list a work of art "by" a master artist that is not a copy of known work, it should be listed as "in the style of" that artist.Should be described as "in the style of" both in title and descriptionShould include a clear definition of "in the style of". A suggested definition:“In the style of” works are works by an unknown creator whose style is strongly under the influence of the style of the named master artist. (Source: Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus)Source: LiveAuctioneers Listing Policies

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