- Art.Salon
- Artists
- Yayoi Kusama
- Drifting Waves
Yayoi Kusama
Drifting Waves
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 60.480 USD
Price realised: 60.480 USD
Description
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Drifting Waves
signed and dated '1978 YAYOI KUSAMA' (lower left); signed again, titled in Japanese and dated again 'YAYOI KUSAMA 1978' (on the reverse)
spray enamel on paperboard
10 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄2 in. (27.3 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed in 1978.
Drifting Waves
signed and dated '1978 YAYOI KUSAMA' (lower left); signed again, titled in Japanese and dated again 'YAYOI KUSAMA 1978' (on the reverse)
spray enamel on paperboard
10 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄2 in. (27.3 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed in 1978.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Yayoi Kusama achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in May last year. In the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Drifting Waves sold for USD 60,480.00 (€ 56,360.08) - well above the upper estimate of USD 30,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Yayoi Kusama achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Pumpkin in April this year with an auction result of HKD 30,000,000.00 (€ 30,635,869.57).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Yayoi Kusama erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Drifting Waves für USD 60.480,00 (€ 56.360,08) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 30.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Yayoi Kusama erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Pumpkin im April diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 30.000.000,00 (€ 30.635.869,57).