Yayoi Kusama // Dancing Pumpkin, 1993

  • Yayoi Kusama, Dancing Pumpkin, 1993. Colour silkscreen on Arches wove paper, image 49.9 × 72.4 cm, edition of 120. Features Kusama’s iconic pumpkin motif rendered in rhythmic, playful composition with bold colour and pattern
    Dancing Pumpkin, 1993
    Colour silkscreen on Arches wove paper, image 49.9 × 72.4 cm, sheet 60.6 × 82.7 cm, Edition of 120, signed, titled in Japanese and dated
    © Yayoi Kusama.
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    Yayoi Kusama’s Dancing Pumpkin (1993) is a colour silkscreen on Arches wove paper, measuring 49.9 × 72.4 cm (image) and 60.6 × 82.7 cm (sheet). Produced in an edition of 120, this impression is numbered 92/120, signed in pencil by the artist at the lower right, titled in Japanese at the lower centre, and dated 1993. The print exemplifies Kusama’s most celebrated motif, the pumpkin, rendered here with a sense of rhythm and vitality that brings the form to life.
     
    In Dancing Pumpkin, the dotted surface of the fruit appears animated, as though swaying or moving across the picture plane. Kusama transforms the pumpkin into a dynamic character, blending whimsy with her deeper themes of repetition, obsession, and infinity. The composition captures both her personal attachment to the motif, rooted in childhood memory, and its broader symbolic resonance as a vessel of endurance and imaginative play.
     
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  • “Pumpkins bring about poetic peace in my mind.”

     — Yayoi Kusama

    This print highlights Kusama’s continued exploration of the pumpkin in multiple formats, from painting and sculpture to editioned works on paper. Dancing Pumpkin distils the artist’s lifelong fascination with this form into a vibrant, collectable edition, embodying the playful energy and psychological depth that define her practice.