Yayoi Kusama // Pumpkin (GT), 1996

  • ayoi Kusama, Pumpkin (GT), 1996. Screenprint, image 29.8 × 22.8 cm, sheet 40 × 32.5 cm, edition of 120, signed and numbered. Features Kusama’s iconic pumpkin motif in her bold graphic style, a hallmark of her 1990s print editions.
    Pumpkin (GT), 1996
    Screenprint, image 29.8 × 22.8 cm (11 3/4 × 9 in.), sheet 40 × 32.5 cm (15 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.), Edition of 120, signed and numbered
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    Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin (GT) (1996) is a signed and numbered screenprint, measuring 29.8 × 22.8 cm (image) and 40 × 32.5 cm (sheet), produced in an edition of 120. This intimate work distils one of the artist’s most celebrated motifs, the pumpkin, into a smaller, highly collectable format. Its surface is animated by Kusama’s signature polka dots, transforming the natural form into a rhythmic pattern that feels both playful and meditative.
     
    The print reflects Kusama’s lifelong fascination with pumpkins, which she has described as a source of both personal comfort and poetic inspiration. In Pumpkin (GT), the fruit’s rounded shape is elevated through stylisation, with the dotted surface suggesting infinite expansion. The composition exemplifies her ability to take an ordinary object and reimagine it as a symbol of endurance, imagination, and boundless creativity.
     
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  • “Pumpkins bring about poetic peace in my mind.”

     — Yayoi Kusama

    As with many of her editioned works from the 1990s, Pumpkin (GT) demonstrates Kusama’s ability to translate her central motifs into diverse formats, from monumental sculptures to finely crafted prints. This work highlights the universality of her visual language, making the pumpkin not only a personal emblem but also a global icon of contemporary art.