Hajime Sorayama - Sexy Robot, Life Size Seating Model B

Hajime Sorayama

Sexy Robot, Life Size Seating Model B

Found at Christies, Hong Kong
21st Century Art Day Sale, Lot 118
2. Dec - 2. Dec 2021
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 2.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 5.750.000 HKD
Description
HAJIME SORAYAMA (B. 1947)
Sexy Robot, Life Size Seating Model B
incised and numbered ‘1/3 Sorayama’ (on the left foot)
fiberglass, iron, silver and gold plating air brush paint, LED neon light sculpture
163 (H) x 81 x 67.3 cm. (64 1⁄8 x 31 7⁄8 x 26 1⁄2 in.)
Executed in 2017
edition 1⁄3
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A top price for Hajime Sorayama

This artwork by Hajime Sorayama achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in December 2021. In the 21st Century Art Day Sale auction, the work Sexy Robot, Life Size Seating Model B sold for HKD 5,750,000.00 (€ 651,307.65) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 2,000,000.00. This high result makes Sexy Robot, Life Size Seating Model B the most expensive artwork by Hajime Sorayama that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Hajime Sorayama

Dieses Kunstwerk von Hajime Sorayama erzielte im Dezember 2021 bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 21st Century Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Sexy Robot, Life Size Seating Model B für HKD 5.750.000,00 (€ 651.307,65) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 2.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Sexy Robot, Life Size Seating Model B zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Hajime Sorayama, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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