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Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin
Estimate: 3.800.000 - 5.500.000 HKD
Price realised: 16.105.000 HKD
Price realised: 16.105.000 HKD
Description
YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Pumpkin
titled in Japanese, signed, dated and inscribed 'Yayoi Kusama 1981 F10' (on the reverse); titled in Kanji, signed and dated again 'Yayoi Kusama 1981' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
53 x 45.5 cm. (20 7⁄8 x 17 7⁄8 in.)
Painted in 1981
Pumpkin
titled in Japanese, signed, dated and inscribed 'Yayoi Kusama 1981 F10' (on the reverse); titled in Kanji, signed and dated again 'Yayoi Kusama 1981' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
53 x 45.5 cm. (20 7⁄8 x 17 7⁄8 in.)
Painted in 1981
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Yayoi Kusama achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in November this year. In the 21st Century Art Day Sale auction, the work Pumpkin sold for HKD 16,105,000.00 (€ 1,889,842.32) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 5,500,000.00. 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 November diesen Jahres bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 21st Century Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Pumpkin für HKD 16.105.000,00 (€ 1.889.842,32) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 5.500.000,00. 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).