{"id":379,"date":"2023-09-12T04:07:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T04:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artfineline.com\/?post_type=product&p=379"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:38:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T20:38:59","slug":"yayoi-kusama-town-1999","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/artfineline.com\/ja\/artworks\/yayoi-kusama-town-1999\/","title":{"rendered":"Yayoi Kusama – Town, 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The print reflects Kusama’s fascination with urban life and culture, which she experienced after moving to New York in the late 1950s and becoming part of the avant-garde art scene. The print is part of Kusama’s ongoing exploration of the themes of infinity, repetition, and self-obliteration.<\/p>\n

Town, Yayoi Kusama, 1999 is a vibrant and captivating example of Kusama’s pop art prints, which combine optical illusion with psychedelic imagery. The print invites the viewer to immerse themselves in Kusama’s vision of the world, which is both chaotic and harmonious.<\/p>\n

The print is currently in the collections of various museums, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the National Gallery of Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ayoi Kusama \u2013 Town<\/em>, 1999<\/strong><\/p>\n

Town<\/em>, 1999
Lithograph in colors on paper
18 4\/5 \u00d7 23 1\/2 in | 47.8 \u00d7 59.7 cm
Printer\u2019s Proof (PP), from an edition of 60
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist
Frame included<\/p>\n

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Description<\/strong>
In Town<\/em> (1999), Yayoi Kusama maps an imaginary city through an intricate network of bold, rhythmic forms. This color lithograph radiates her signature obsession with pattern, transforming the notion of a town into a maze of emotional topography. With its graphic clarity and hypnotic detail, the work invites viewers into a psychological space where architecture becomes abstraction and repetition reflects internal order. Created as part of a small edition of 60, this Printer\u2019s Proof captures Kusama\u2019s enduring fascination with place, perception, and controlled chaos.<\/p>\n

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Materials<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lithograph in colors on paper<\/p>\n

Rarity<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Printer\u2019s Proof (PP) from an edition of 60<\/p>\n

Medium<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Print<\/p>\n

Signature<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Hand-signed and numbered by the artist<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":380,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[31],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-379","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-yayoi-kusama","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","first","instock","sold-individually","taxable","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t