Lot 18 · 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale
Flame
Yayoi Kusama · acrylic on canvas, in three parts
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- Estimate
- £1,800,000–£2,500,000 hammer ≈ $2,192,119–$3,044,610
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale, London · 13 October 2023
- Dimensions
- overall: 57 ¼ x 114 ¾in. (145.5 x 291.5cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3330340
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3330340 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3330340
Yayoi Kusama, Flame. Christie's, 13 Oct 2023, lot 18. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3330340.
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Yayoi Kusama, Flame. Christie's, 13 Oct 2023, lot 18. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3330340.
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yayoi Kusama | Infinity-Nets (Oprt) | $2,902,919 | Phillips, Nov 2021 | |
| Yayoi Kusama | Pumpkin (M) | Phillips, Oct 2024 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Yayoi Kusama 草間彌生 | My Heart is Flying to the Universe 我心飛向宇 | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Starry Pumpkin | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Pumpkin | Christie's, Jun 2021 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Infinity Nets (WKG) | Sotheby's, Mar 2024 | ||
| Yayoi Kusama | Infinity-Nets (Twxob) | Sotheby's, May 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.