Hyon Gyon
Bodies That Have Found Nothing
Found at
Christies,
New York
Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session, Lot 528
11. Nov - 11. Nov 2015
Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session, Lot 528
11. Nov - 11. Nov 2015
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Price realised: 25.000 USD
Price realised: 25.000 USD
Description
signed in English and Korean and dated 'Hyon Gyon 2015' (on the reverse)
oil, embroidered fabric and canvas collage on canvas
48 x 24 in. (121.9 x 60.7 cm.)
Executed in 2015.
Shin Gallery, New York
oil, embroidered fabric and canvas collage on canvas
48 x 24 in. (121.9 x 60.7 cm.)
Executed in 2015.
Shin Gallery, New York
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Bodies That Have Found Nothing by Hyon Gyon was worth USD 25,000.00 (€ 23,669.76) to a buyer in November 2015. This price was achieved in the auction Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 7,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Hyon Gyon - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work I Was Broken, which sold at auction in November 2015 for USD 62,500.00 (€ 59,174.40).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Bodies That Have Found Nothing von Hyon Gyon war einem Käufer im November 2015 USD 25.000,00 (€ 23.669,76) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 7.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Hyon Gyon mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit I Was Broken beobachtet, die im November 2015 für USD 62.500,00 (€ 59.174,40) versteigert wurde.
Hyon Gyon - Auction history
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