Archivist Anna Rimel discovered four small watercolors by Yayoi Kusama among materials preserved in the Joseph Cornell Study Center, and the works were subsequently transferred to 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://si-siris.blogspot.com/2020/02/discovering-yayoi-kusamaswatercolors-by.html (si-siris.blogspot.com)
- https://americanart.si.edu/blog/lost-kusamas (americanart.si.edu)
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