Kazuo Shiraga
Takao
Estimate: 1.800.000 - 2.500.000 EUR
Price realised: 8.731.400 EUR
Price realised: 8.731.400 EUR
Description
Kazuo Shiraga
1924 - 2008
TAKAO
signed in Japanese and dated 1959.5; signed on the back
oil on canvas
182 x 273 cm; 71 5/8 x 107 1/2 in.
Executed in May 1959.
Galleria d'Arte Braidense, Milan | Private collection, Milan
1924 - 2008
TAKAO
signed in Japanese and dated 1959.5; signed on the back
oil on canvas
182 x 273 cm; 71 5/8 x 107 1/2 in.
Executed in May 1959.
Galleria d'Arte Braidense, Milan | Private collection, Milan
A top price for Kazuo Shiraga
The work Takao by Kazuo Shiraga was worth EUR 8,731,400.00 to a buyer in June 2018. This price was achieved in the auction Art Contemporain Evening Sale at Sothebys in Paris and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of EUR 2,500,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Takao the most expensive artwork by Kazuo Shiraga that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Kazuo Shiraga
Die Arbeit Takao von Kazuo Shiraga war einem Käufer im Juni 2018 EUR 8.731.400,00 wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Art Contemporain Evening Sale bei Sothebys in Paris erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 2.500.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Takao zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Kazuo Shiraga, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Kazuo Shiraga - Auction history
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