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Pumpkin Chess Set
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20TH CENTURY & CONTEMPORARY ART & DESIGN DAY SALE IN ASSOCIATION WITH YONGLE
ARTIST
Yayoi Kusama
Size
overall 75 x 100 x 100 cm. (29 1/2 x 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
installation dimensions variable
Description
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Medium
porcelain, leather and wood
Signature
Executed in 2003, this work is number 2 from an edition of 7 plus 4 artist's proofs, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and issued by RS&A Ltd.
Provenance
RS&A Ltd, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Coline Milliard, 'Checkmate: Saatchi Gallery Unveils Extraordinary Collection of Artist-designed Chessboards', ARTINFO, London, 7 September 2012
Amah-Rose Abrams, 'Check Mates: 'The Art of Chess' at the Saatchi Gallery', The New York Times Style Magazine, 17 September 2012
Exhibited
St. Lucia, Bendigo Art Gallery; University of Queensland Art Museum; London, Saatchi Gallery, The Art of Chess, 30 October 2010 - 3 October 2012 (another example exhibited)