Infinity Mirror Room and Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama will highlight Sotheby’s Contemporary evening auction in Hong Kong on April 5. The towering two metre tall works represent the first Mirror Room to be offered at auction in Asia and the first monumental bronze pumpkin to come to auction.
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is widely celebrated as an unrivalled figure in contemporary art, admired both for her tenacity and compelling vision, with her renowned Infinity Mirror rooms, iconic dots and pumpkin sculptures drawing enormous crowds wherever they are shown. The sale coincides with the current Kusama exhibition at Hong Kong’s M+ Museum.