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Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 GBP
Price realised: 478.800 GBP
Price realised: 478.800 GBP
Description
Yayoi Kusama
b. 1929
Pumpkin
signed, titled and dated 1990 on the reverse
acrylic and pencil on canvas
18 by 14 cm. 7 by 5½ in.
framed: 36.3 by 32.3 cm. 14¼ by 12¾ in.
This work is registered with the Yayoi Kusama studio and accompanied by an artist registration card issued by Yayoi Kusama, Inc.
Umi Gallery, Tokyo | Sotheby's, Olympia, 23 June 2005, Lot 644 | Acquired from the above by the present owner
b. 1929
Pumpkin
signed, titled and dated 1990 on the reverse
acrylic and pencil on canvas
18 by 14 cm. 7 by 5½ in.
framed: 36.3 by 32.3 cm. 14¼ by 12¾ in.
This work is registered with the Yayoi Kusama studio and accompanied by an artist registration card issued by Yayoi Kusama, Inc.
Umi Gallery, Tokyo | Sotheby's, Olympia, 23 June 2005, Lot 644 | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 60 %.
In June last year Sothebys in London held the auction Modern & Contemporary Day Auction, which included the work Pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 478,800.00 (€ 556,229.40), 60% above the upper estimate. 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 60 % übertroffen
Im Juni letzten Jahres führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Modern & Contemporary Day Auction durch, in der auch die Arbeit Pumpkin von Yayoi Kusama zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 478.800,00 (€ 556.229,40) und damit 60% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. 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).