Yayoi KUSAMA

Dancing Pumpkin
(2020)

Medium

bronze, urethane paint

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Loti & Victor Smorgon Fund, 2025
© YAYOI KUSAMA
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Gallery location: Not on display

About this work

Since her first interaction with a pumpkin growing on her family’s farm as a young child in Japan, Kusama has been fascinated by its voluminous form and nurturing presence. Over the past eight decades, she has expressed her admiration for the pumpkin across multiple media. Dancing Pumpkin is Kusama’s largest and most ambitious imagining of her beloved pumpkin to date. Whereas her earlier pumpkin sculptures have typically static, solid bases, Dancing Pumpkin has eleven tentacle-like legs. All but three hover above the ground, suggesting joyous movement.

Artwork Details

Medium

bronze, urethane paint

Measurements

490.2 × 777.2 × 744.2 cm

Inscription

inscribed in metallic paint on inside edge Yayoi Kusama

Accession Number

2025.524

Department

International Sculpture

Credit Line

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Gallery location

Not on display

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