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 bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	21.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	13	68.4%
Large (1–3 m)	1	5.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	5.3%

Range: 25.3 cm → 382.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1970	1
1996	3
1997	2
1999	3
2000	2
2001	1
2005	5
2006	1
2012	1

Japanese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 19 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Infinity Nets Drawing Acc. 785.2006	1951	Ink on paper	15 1/2 x 10 1/8" (39.4 x 25.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Accumulation Drawing Acc. 2149.2005	1952	Ink on paperboard	16 5/8 x 11 7/8" (42.2 x 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Untitled Drawing Acc. 209.1996	1952	Pastel and ballpoint pen on paper	14 7/8 x 11 1/2" (37.9 x 29.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia and Morris Orden in memory of Michèle Fox
Untitled Drawing Acc. 244.2000	1952	Ink on paper	15 3/4 x 11 7/8" (40 x 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 245.2000	1952	Charcoal and ink on paper	15 3/4 x 11 7/8" (40 x 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Endless Print Acc. 52.1999	1953–84	Etching	composition: 10 11/16 x 17 9/16" (27.1 x 44.6 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 24 3/4" (45 x 62.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jeff Rothstein and Reiko Tomii in memory of Bhupendra Karia
Flower Drawing Acc. 210.1996	1953/1963	Ink, gouache, and pastel on paper	15 3/4 x 13 1/4" (40.1 x 33.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Sheldon H. Solow
No. 19 H.S.W. Drawing Acc. 388.1999	1956	Pastel and gouache on paper	23 1/2 x 18" (59.7 x 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
No. F Painting Acc. 646.1997	1959	Oil on canvas	41 1/2 x 52" (105.4 x 132.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Sid R. Bass Fund
Accumulation No. 1 Sculpture Acc. 1182.2012	1962	Sewn stuffed fabric, paint, and chair fringe	37 x 39 x 43" (94 x 99.1 x 109.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. J. Hall (by exchange)
Accumulation No. 18a Drawing Acc. 134.1999	1962	Paper savers and charcoal on paper	19 3/4 x 25 1/2" (50.2 x 64.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder in honor of the Japanese members of The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Mr. and Mrs. Toshio Hara, Mr. and Mrs. Minoru Mori, Mr. and Mrs. Takeo Obayashi, and Mr. and Mrs. Seiji Tsutsumi
Accumulation of Nets (No. 7) Photograph Acc. 286.1996	1962	Collage of gelatin silver prints	29 × 24 1/2" (73.7 × 62.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
Accumulation of Stamps, 63 Drawing Acc. 510.1970	1962	Pasted labels and ink on paper	23 3/4 x 29" (60.3 x 73.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Philip Johnson
Airmail No. 2 Accumulation Drawing Acc. 2150.2005	1963	Pasted airmail labels on paper	9 1/8 x 10 1/2" (23.2 x 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
The Atlantic Ocean Drawing Acc. 2151.2005	1978	Spray paint on calligraphy paperboard	10 3/4 x 9 1/2" (27.3 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2152.2005	1978	Spray paint on calligraphy paperboard	10 3/4 x 9 1/2" (27.3 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Violet Obsession Sculpture Acc. 819.1996	1994	Sewn and stuffed fabric over rowboat and oars	43 1/4" x 12' 6 3/8" x 70 7/8" (109.8 x 381.9 x 180 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Duke
Infinity Nets (for Parkett no. 59) Print Acc. 1133.2001	2000	Multiple of screenprint on mirror	composition: 9 15/16 x 8 1/4" (25.3 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Suitcase Sculpture Acc. 973.2005	2004	Mixed media	26 x 36 x 29" (66 x 91.4 x 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund