Sadamasa Motonaga
Work
Estimate: 3.500.000 - 5.500.000 HKD
Price realised: 3.500.000 HKD
Price realised: 3.500.000 HKD
Description
Sadamasa Motonaga
1922 - 2011
WORK
oil, synthetic resin and gravel on canvas
91 by 73 cm. 35⅞ by 28¾ in.
Executed in 1964.
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo | Acquired from the above by the present owner | This work is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Motonaga Archive Research Institution Ltd.
1922 - 2011
WORK
oil, synthetic resin and gravel on canvas
91 by 73 cm. 35⅞ by 28¾ in.
Executed in 1964.
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo | Acquired from the above by the present owner | This work is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Motonaga Archive Research Institution Ltd.
Sold at the lower estimate price
The work Work by Sadamasa Motonaga was auctioned at Sothebys in Hong Kong in July 2020. The result of HKD 3,500,000.00 (€ 383,472.06) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of HKD 3,500,000.00 – 5,500,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Sadamasa Motonaga - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Work, which sold at auction in April 2017 for HKD 10,300,000.00 (€ 1,215,768.70).
Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit Work von Sadamasa Motonaga kam im Juli 2020 bei Sothebys in Hong Kong zur Auktion. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von HKD 3.500.000,00 (€ 383.472,06) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von HKD 3.500.000,00 – 5.500.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Sadamasa Motonaga mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Work beobachtet, die im April 2017 für HKD 10.300.000,00 (€ 1.215.768,70) versteigert wurde.