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LIGHT OF LIFE
LIGHT OF LIFE

LIGHT OF LIFE

Artist Yayoi Kusama Japanese, born 1929
Date2018
MediumMirrored box and LED lighting system
Dimensions86 5/8 x 84 1/4 x 72 7/8 in. (220 x 214 x 185.1 cm)
ClassificationsTime Based Media
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest) and the bequest of Carlyle Adams, with additional funding from James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach, and Dr. W. Kent Davis and Dr. Carlos Garcia-Velez
Object number2017.19
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated Tokyo, 2018; collection of the artist; [David Zwirner Gallery, New York]; sold to NCMA, 2018.

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