Let us introduce 5 pieces by the following artists from CURIO private sales.
Yayoi Kusama/ Joan Miró/ Mick Rock
｜Yayoi Kusama
First, let us introduce [Pumpkin] by Yayoi Kusama, polka dots in red and yellow on both sides are fabric patterns of the collage, so they appear differently depending on each piece. In that sense, it’s unique even though it’s an edition work.
LOT:20230708N01
Yayoi Kusama [Pumpkin]
Lithograph, collage
Signed by the artist, titled, dated 1982, and numbered
AP Edition
27.0 x 33.5 cm / 15.5 x 22.3 cm (Sheet/Image)
1982
Printer: Shimo-oka Yoshiaki
Publisher: BOX Gallery, Nagoya
Catalogue Raisonné: YAYOI KUSAMA PRINTS, 1979-2017, ABE Publishing Ltd., p.15, No. 6
Provenance: Gallery Interforum, Tokyo
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And you can find bright yellow, amplifying polka dots and undulations are truly impressive in Kusama’s [Wave (1)].
LOT:20230628S01
Yayoi Kusama [Waves (1)]
Screenprint
Artist signed, numbered, titled and dated 1998
Edition 22/30
70.8 x 56.5 cm / 59.7 x 47.8 cm (Sheet/Image)
1998
Printer: Okabe Tokuzo
Catalogue Raisonné: YAYOI KUSAMA PRINTS, 1979-2017, ABE Publishing Ltd., p. 142, No. 238
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｜Joan Miró
Next are Joan Miró’s two pieces.
Joan Miró is a Catalan painter who combined abstract art with Surrealist fantasy. He sought to establish means of metaphorical expression—that is, to discover signs that stand for concepts of nature in a transcendent, poetic sense.
Miró wanted to portray nature as it would be depicted by a child equipped with the intelligence of an adult.
LOT:20230708N03
Joan Miró [Cant de la Cardina]
Lithograph
Artist signed and numbered
Edition 46/75
65 x 45 cm
1980
Catalogue Raisonné: Maeght 1200, p.26 of the catalog
Provenance: The current owner acquired from Mallet Japan, Tokyo in September 2019
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LOT:20230708N02
Joan Miró [Le Vent Parmi les Roseaux]
Etching, aquatint
Artist signed and numbered
HC Edition XI/XXXV (11/35)
15 x 13.5 cm
1971
Catalogue Raisonné: Dupin 546, Cramer no. 149
Provenance: The current owner acquired from Mallet Japan, Tokyo in September 2019
Gallery COA will accompany this work
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｜Mick Rock
The last one, this work is the album cover of “Queen II,” photographed by Mick Rock. The Four members are standing in the dark, and Freddie Mercury opens his hands in the front row, dramatically covering his chest.
This piece will forever be remembered by both Queen and those who see it.
LOT:20230706S01
Mick Rock [Queen II Album Cover, London]
Archival pigment print
Hand-signed by Mick Rock
Edition of 25
101.6 × 76.2 cm
1974