Lot 43 A · 21st Century Evening Sale
Enlightenment Means Living a Life Unconcernedly
Yayoi Kusama · acrylic on canvas
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- Estimate
- $2,000,000–$3,000,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 21st Century Evening Sale , New York · 14 May 2024
- Dimensions
- 76 3/8 x 102 in. (194 x 259.1 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3261840
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3261840 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3261840
Yayoi Kusama, Enlightenment Means Living a Life Unconcernedly. Christie's, 14 May 2024, lot 43 A. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3261840.
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Yayoi Kusama, Enlightenment Means Living a Life Unconcernedly. Christie's, 14 May 2024, lot 43 A. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3261840.
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yayoi Kusama | Pumpkin [Twaqn] | $4,454,481 | Christie's, Sep 2025 | |
| Yayoi Kusama | Hudson River 1960 | Bonhams, May 2021 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Pumpkin (Hru) | Christie's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Infinity Dots (HTI) | Phillips, Mar 2023 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | Hat 帽子 | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Infinity-Nets [Kln] | Christie's, Nov 2023 | ||
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.