Artist Monograph

Yayoi Kusama, Japanese

Japanese, born 1929

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Drawing 6 31.6%
Other Media 4 21.1%
Gouache 2 10.5%
Textile 2 10.5%
Screenprint 1 5.3%
Etching 1 5.3%
Photography 1 5.3%
Mixed Media 1 5.3%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 14 73.7%
Painting & Sculpture 4 21.1%
Photography 1 5.3%

Production by Decade

9
1950s
5
1960s
2
1970s
1
1990s
2
2000s

Classification Types

  • Drawing — 12
  • Sculpture — 3
  • Print — 2
  • Painting — 1
  • Photograph — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)421.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)1368.4%
Large (1–3 m)15.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)15.3%

Range: 25.3 cm → 382.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19701
19963
19972
19993
20002
20011
20055
20061
20121

Japanese Contemporaries

  1. 164 Yutaka Matsuzawa
  2. 148 Yoshitomo Nara
  3. 109 Mieko Shiomi
  4. 104 Ikeda Masuo (池田満寿夫)
  5. 100 Tadanori Yokoo