Takashi Murakami
Hiropon
Found at
Christies,
New York
POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY (AFTERNOON SESSION), Lot 316
15. May - 15. May 2002
POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY (AFTERNOON SESSION), Lot 316
15. May - 15. May 2002
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Takashi Murakami (b. 1962)
Hiropon
oil and acrylic on fiberglass
88 x 41 x 48 in. (223.5 x 104 x 122 cm.)
Executed in 1997. This work is from an edition of three with one artist's proof, each version having a different haircolor and bikini top.
Hiropon
oil and acrylic on fiberglass
88 x 41 x 48 in. (223.5 x 104 x 122 cm.)
Executed in 1997. This work is from an edition of three with one artist's proof, each version having a different haircolor and bikini top.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Hiropon by Takashi Murakami was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2002, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 120,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 427,500.00 (€ 457,757.79). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Takashi Murakami achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work My Lonesome Cowboy in May 2008 with an auction result of USD 15,161,000.00 (€ 9,743,573.26).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Hiropon von Takashi Murakami im Mai 2002 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 120.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 427.500,00 (€ 457.757,79) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Takashi Murakami erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit My Lonesome Cowboy im Mai 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 15.161.000,00 (€ 9.743.573,26).
Takashi Murakami - Auction history
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