Chiharu Shiota
State of Being
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 287.500 GBP
Price realised: 287.500 GBP
Description
Chiharu Shiota (B. 1972)
State of Being
signed and dated 'Chiharu S 2016' (lower left inner frame on the reverse)
painted metal frame, thread and keys
sculpture: 55 1/8 x 114 5/8 x 110 5/8in. (140 x 291 x 281cm.)
plinth: 31 ¼ x 116 ½ x 112 5/8in. (79.4 x 295.8 x 286.2cm.)
overall: 86 3/8 x 116 ½ x 112 5/8in. (219.4 x 295.8 x 286.2cm.)
Executed in 2016
- Blain Southern, London. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2018.
State of Being
signed and dated 'Chiharu S 2016' (lower left inner frame on the reverse)
painted metal frame, thread and keys
sculpture: 55 1/8 x 114 5/8 x 110 5/8in. (140 x 291 x 281cm.)
plinth: 31 ¼ x 116 ½ x 112 5/8in. (79.4 x 295.8 x 286.2cm.)
overall: 86 3/8 x 116 ½ x 112 5/8in. (219.4 x 295.8 x 286.2cm.)
Executed in 2016
- Blain Southern, London. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2018.
A top price for Chiharu Shiota
This artwork by Chiharu Shiota achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2021. In the Post War and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work State of Being sold for GBP 287,500.00 (€ 337,153.36) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 150,000.00. This high result makes State of Being the most expensive artwork by Chiharu Shiota that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Chiharu Shiota
Dieses Kunstwerk von Chiharu Shiota erzielte im Juli 2021 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post War and Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit State of Being für GBP 287.500,00 (€ 337.153,36) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht State of Being zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Chiharu Shiota, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Chiharu Shiota - Auction history
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