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Autumn Rain, 1978
Enamel and ink on paperboard, 24.1 × 27.3 cm (9 1⁄2 × 10 3⁄4 in.)
© Yayoi Kusama. Image reproduced for educational and informational purposes only. -
“In the cosmos, there is no end and no beginning. Infinity is what I pursue through art.”
– Yayoi Kusama
This period marked a shift toward works that conveyed psychological intensity on a smaller, more intimate scale, echoing the motifs of repetition, accumulation, and organic rhythm that had defined her earlier practice. In pieces like Autumn Rain, Kusama captured both the delicacy and persistence of natural and psychological cycles, themes that would remain central to her art in the decades that followed.