On Kawara
Nov. 8, 1989
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 GBP
Price realised: 789.000 GBP
Price realised: 789.000 GBP
Description
On Kawara
1933 - 2014
NOV. 8, 1989
signed on the reverse
liquitex on canvas with newspaper clipping in artist's cardboard box
canvas: 66.2 by 91.4 cm. 26 1/8 by 36 in.
box: 67.5 by 93.3 by 5 cm. 26 5/8 by 36 3/4 by 2 in.
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne | Private Collection, USA (acquired from the above in 1992) | Christie’s, London, 8 February 2006, Lot 21 (consigned by the above) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
1933 - 2014
NOV. 8, 1989
signed on the reverse
liquitex on canvas with newspaper clipping in artist's cardboard box
canvas: 66.2 by 91.4 cm. 26 1/8 by 36 in.
box: 67.5 by 93.3 by 5 cm. 26 5/8 by 36 3/4 by 2 in.
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne | Private Collection, USA (acquired from the above in 1992) | Christie’s, London, 8 February 2006, Lot 21 (consigned by the above) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Nov. 8, 1989 by On Kawara was sold in the Contemporary Art Evening Auction auction at Sothebys in London in March 2018. It changed hands for a price of GBP 789,000.00 (€ 898,320.05) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 600,000.00 – 800,000.00. Admittedly, works by On Kawara have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Untitled (Decade) in May 2017 with an auction result of USD 4,175,000.00 (€ 3,715,735.14).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Nov. 8, 1989 von On Kawara wurde im März 2018 in der Auktion Contemporary Art Evening Auction bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 789.000,00 (€ 898.320,05) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 600.000,00 – 800.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von On Kawara auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Untitled (Decade) im Mai 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 4.175.000,00 (€ 3.715.735,14).