A receipt dated August 22, 1964, preserved in the Cornell Study Center, records Joseph Cornell's purchase of four Yayoi Kusama works now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection.
Sources
- The Lost Kusamas (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://news.artnet.com/art-world/smithsonian-just-discovered-four-yayoi-kusama-paintings-no-idea-existed-hidden-museums-files-1738578 (news.artnet.com)
- https://www.art-critique.com/en/2019/12/lost-early-yayoi-kusama-works/ (art-critique.com)
- https://sova.si.edu/record/saam.jcsc.1 (sova.si.edu)
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