Haegue Yang
Central Composition in Explosion – Trustworthy ‘For Sophie Taeuber’ #184
Estimate: 300.000 - 400.000 HKD
Price realised: 812.500 HKD
Price realised: 812.500 HKD
Description
signed with artist’s signature on the label on the reverse of each
eleven collage, various envelope security patterns and graph paper on cardboard
each square 95 x 95 cm. (37 3/8 x 37 3/8 in.) (3);
each square 65.2 x 65.2 cm. (25 5/8 x 25 5/8 in.) (6);
one hexagon 84.9 x 106.2 cm. (33 3/8 x 41 3/4 in.); &
one hexagon 67.9 x 134.3 cm. (26 3/4 x 52 7/8 in.)
Executed in 2012-2013
Private Collection, Asia
eleven collage, various envelope security patterns and graph paper on cardboard
each square 95 x 95 cm. (37 3/8 x 37 3/8 in.) (3);
each square 65.2 x 65.2 cm. (25 5/8 x 25 5/8 in.) (6);
one hexagon 84.9 x 106.2 cm. (33 3/8 x 41 3/4 in.); &
one hexagon 67.9 x 134.3 cm. (26 3/4 x 52 7/8 in.)
Executed in 2012-2013
Private Collection, Asia
A top price for Haegue Yang
This artwork by Haegue Yang achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in July 2020. In the Modern and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Central Composition in Explosion – Trustworthy ‘For Sophie Taeuber’ #184 sold for HKD 812,500.00 (€ 89,020.30) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 400,000.00. This high result makes Central Composition in Explosion – Trustworthy ‘For Sophie Taeuber’ #184 the most expensive artwork by Haegue Yang that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Haegue Yang
Dieses Kunstwerk von Haegue Yang erzielte im Juli 2020 bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern and Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Central Composition in Explosion – Trustworthy ‘For Sophie Taeuber’ #184 für HKD 812.500,00 (€ 89.020,30) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 400.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Central Composition in Explosion – Trustworthy ‘For Sophie Taeuber’ #184 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Haegue Yang, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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