Kazuo Shiraga
Chiken-sei kendoshin
Estimate: 2.500.000 - 3.500.000 USD
Price realised: 3.330.000 USD
Price realised: 3.330.000 USD
Description
KAZUO SHIRAGA (1924-2008)
Chiken-sei kendoshin
signed in Japanese and dated '1961' (lower left); signed, titled in English and Japanese and dated 'Chiken-sei Kendoshin Kazuo Shiraga 1961' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
63 ½ x 51 1/8 in. (161.3 x 129.9 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
Chiken-sei kendoshin
signed in Japanese and dated '1961' (lower left); signed, titled in English and Japanese and dated 'Chiken-sei Kendoshin Kazuo Shiraga 1961' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
63 ½ x 51 1/8 in. (161.3 x 129.9 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Chiken-sei kendoshin by Kazuo Shiraga was auctioned at Christies in New York in November 2021. It changed hands for a price of USD 3,330,000.00 (€ 2,950,296.80) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 2,500,000.00 – 3,500,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Kazuo Shiraga - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Takao, which sold at auction in June 2018 for EUR 8,731,400.00.
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Chiken-sei kendoshin von Kazuo Shiraga kam im November 2021 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 3.330.000,00 (€ 2.950.296,80) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 2.500.000,00 – 3.500.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Kazuo Shiraga mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Takao beobachtet, die im Juni 2018 für EUR 8.731.400,00 versteigert wurde.
Kazuo Shiraga - Auction history
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