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- Uchu (Universe)
Yayoi Kusama
Uchu (Universe)
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.003.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.003.000 GBP
Description
Yayoi Kusama
b. 1929
Uchu (Universe)
signed, titled in Japanese and dated 1994 on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
91 by 73 cm. 35⅞ by 28¾ in.
framed: 96 by 77.7 cm. 37¾ by 30⅝ in.
This work is registered with the Yayoi Kusama studio and accompanied by an artist registration card issued by Yayoi Kusama, Inc.
Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo | Private Collection, Italy | Sotheby’s, Olympia, 18 October 2006, Lot 573 | Private Collection, Japan | Christie’s, Paris, 8 June 2016, Lot 17A | Acquired from the above by the present owner
b. 1929
Uchu (Universe)
signed, titled in Japanese and dated 1994 on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
91 by 73 cm. 35⅞ by 28¾ in.
framed: 96 by 77.7 cm. 37¾ by 30⅝ in.
This work is registered with the Yayoi Kusama studio and accompanied by an artist registration card issued by Yayoi Kusama, Inc.
Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo | Private Collection, Italy | Sotheby’s, Olympia, 18 October 2006, Lot 573 | Private Collection, Japan | Christie’s, Paris, 8 June 2016, Lot 17A | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Yayoi Kusama achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in June last year. In the Modern & Contemporary Day Auction auction, the work Uchu (Universe) sold for GBP 1,003,000.00 (€ 1,165,200.69) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 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 Juni letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern & Contemporary Day Auction wurde die Arbeit Uchu (Universe) für GBP 1.003.000,00 (€ 1.165.200,69) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 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).