Yayoi Kusama (Set of Green and Red Variants).
Tokyo: Sogetsu Art Museum / Committee of the Exhibition of Yayoi Kusama, 1992. First Edition. Quarto. Elaborate catalogue published on the occasion of Yayoi Kusama's 1992 retrospective held at Tokyo's Sogetsu Art Museum (Sep. 21 - Oct. 31) and the Niigata City Art Museum (Nov. 7 - Dec. 13); one of a number of exhibitions from the late 1980s and early 1990s that brought Kusama back to international attention, culminating in her landmark Japanese Pavilion at the 1993 Venice Biennale. The catalogue here present in both of its variant neon bindings, with boards bound in fuzzy green and red felt and reflective silver lettering. Thoroughly illustrated, mostly in color, with a series of critical text in Japanese; one of which is translated into English ("The World of Kusama Yayoi: From the Obliteration to the Emancipation of Self"). Fine copies with loose errata sheet and corrections to photography credits (one printed, one manuscript); some wear to vintage acetate jackets.
Item #32526
Price: $1,500.00