Saito Yoshishige
Blue - Work by Drill
Found at
Christies,
London
ASOBI: Japanese and Korean Modern & Contemporary Art, Lot 37
14. Oct - 14. Oct 2015
ASOBI: Japanese and Korean Modern & Contemporary Art, Lot 37
14. Oct - 14. Oct 2015
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 GBP
Price realised: 37.500 GBP
Price realised: 37.500 GBP
Description
Executed in 1960
Oil on drilled wood-panel collage
56 x 67 cm.
74.3 x 85.2 cm. (including frame)
Framed and glazed
Purchased directly from the Estate of Yoshishige Saito, following his death in 2001.
Oil on drilled wood-panel collage
56 x 67 cm.
74.3 x 85.2 cm. (including frame)
Framed and glazed
Purchased directly from the Estate of Yoshishige Saito, following his death in 2001.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Blue - Work by Drill by Saitō Yoshishige was auctioned at Christies in London in October 2015. It changed hands for a price of GBP 37,500.00 (€ 52,453.13) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 30,000.00 – 40,000.00. Admittedly, works by Saitō Yoshishige have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Work in November 2015 with an auction result of USD 353,000.00 (€ 334,217.00).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Blue - Work by Drill von Saitō Yoshishige kam im Oktober 2015 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 37.500,00 (€ 52.453,13) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 30.000,00 – 40.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Saitō Yoshishige auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Work im November 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 353.000,00 (€ 334.217,00).
Saitō Yoshishige - Auction history
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