Four Yayoi Kusama compositions now held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum were made in the mid-1950s using watercolor, ink, pastel, and tempera paint, before Kusama moved from Japan to the United States.
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://americanart.si.edu/blog/lost-kusamas (americanart.si.edu)
- https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/fire-115720 (americanart.si.edu)
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