Yasuo Sumi
Untitled, 1967
Found at
Christies,
London
Asobi: Ingenious Creativity, Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary, Lot 134
15. Oct - 15. Oct 2014
Asobi: Ingenious Creativity, Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary, Lot 134
15. Oct - 15. Oct 2014
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 GBP
Price realised: 37.500 GBP
Price realised: 37.500 GBP
Description
Yasuo Sumi (1925 - )
Untitled, 1967
Oil on paper, stretched over canvas
163.2 x 132cm.
Untitled, 1967
Oil on paper, stretched over canvas
163.2 x 132cm.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Untitled, 1967 by Yasuo Sumi was sold in the Asobi: Ingenious Creativity, Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary auction at Christies in London in October 2014. It changed hands for a price of GBP 37,500.00 (€ 47,882.08) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 30,000.00 – 40,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Yasuo Sumi - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Work, which sold at auction in May 2016 for HKD 937,500.00 (€ 108,357.66).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Untitled, 1967 von Yasuo Sumi wurde im Oktober 2014 in der Auktion Asobi: Ingenious Creativity, Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary bei Christies in London versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 37.500,00 (€ 47.882,08) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 30.000,00 – 40.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Yasuo Sumi 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 Mai 2016 für HKD 937.500,00 (€ 108.357,66) versteigert wurde.
Yasuo Sumi - Auction history
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