Private Collection, Tokyo
Acquired by the present owner from the above

This work is in very good condition overall. The surface is clean and fresh. There are no apparent condition problems with this work. Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed under Plexiglas.
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Yayoi Kusama's monochromatic Infinity Net paintings are unparalleled in their ability to transform the spaces they occupy. The repetitiveness of the dots and the curving chain-like structures which surround them combine to form the undulating pattern, known as the Infinity Net. Kusama's large canv🌺asses of rhythmic patterns are able to overwhelm the senses and disorient one's sense of self in the spiraling "whirlpool of consuming forms" (Yayoi Kusama, "Dots Obsessions," Roselyn Oxley Gallery, January 25, 2005). After moving to New York in the late fifties, Kusama was able to create a work of art that was entirely innovative; "one that is more organic than other Minimalist Art, more abstract than Pop Art and more thoroughly immersed in a psychological dimension than Op Art"(Ibid).                                                                 

Kusama's Infinity Nets are immensely psychological as she created them from her hallucinations. She was unique in her ability to access her unconscious and communicate the sensations of her visions into fascinating webs of beauty and meaning. "Kusama's genius lies in her ability to work both from the inside out and from the outside in," Exh. Cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art (and travelling), Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1968, 1998-1999, p. 81).