Ik-Joong Kang
Things I believe D19A-2005
Found at
Christies,
New York
Japanese and Korean Art, Lot 457
18. Sep - 18. Sep 2007
Japanese and Korean Art, Lot 457
18. Sep - 18. Sep 2007
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Ik-Joong Kang (B. 1960)
Things I believe D19A-2005
Signed and dated in hangul on bottom row, from left, on squares 6--12 Kang Ik-Joong 2005 neun [year] 2 wal [month] and titled and dated as above and signed in roman letters Ik-Joong Kang in blue crayon on verso
Mixed media on wood
47 x 47in. (119.5 x 119.5cm.)
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Things I believe D19A-2005
Signed and dated in hangul on bottom row, from left, on squares 6--12 Kang Ik-Joong 2005 neun [year] 2 wal [month] and titled and dated as above and signed in roman letters Ik-Joong Kang in blue crayon on verso
Mixed media on wood
47 x 47in. (119.5 x 119.5cm.)
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Upper estimate price exceeded by 96 %.
This artwork by Kang Ik-Joong achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in September 2007. In the Japanese and Korean Art auction, the work Things I believe D19A-2005 sold for USD 49,000.00 (€ 34,460.93) - well above the upper estimate of USD 25,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Kang Ik-Joong - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Moon Jars, which sold at auction in September 2008 for USD 134,500.00 (€ 95,518.78).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 96 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Kang Ik-Joong erzielte im September 2007 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Japanese and Korean Art wurde die Arbeit Things I believe D19A-2005 für USD 49.000,00 (€ 34.460,93) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 25.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Kang Ik-Joong mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Moon Jars beobachtet, die im September 2008 für USD 134.500,00 (€ 95.518,78) versteigert wurde.
Kang Ik-Joong - Auction history
![Kasamatsu Shiro - Shigure no Kokedera (Drizzle at Kokedera Temple), 1960 Okutama no ie (House at Okutama), [first published 1955] Hakone Yumoto no shunsho (Spring dusk at Yumoto, Hakone), 1953 Kamakura Tsurugaoka Hachiman (Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, Kamakura), 195](/images/kasamatsu-shiro_shigure-no-kokedera-drizzle-at-kokedera-temple-1960-okutama-no-ie-house-at-okutama-first-published-1955-hakone-yumoto-no-shunsho-spring-dusk-at-yumoto-hakone-1953-kamakura-tsurugaoka-hachiman-tsurugaoka-hachiman-shrine-kamakura-195_AID750809_320x320.jpg)
![Tsuchiya Koitsu - Ushigome Kagurazaka (Ushigome Kagurazaka), [1939.9] Haru no yuki Kyoto Maruyama (Spring snow at Maruyama, Kyoto), 1936.3 Ueno koen (Ueno Park), 1939.4 Akashi no hama (Akashi Beach), 1934 Nara Horyuji (Horyuji Temple, Nara), 1938.6 Mount Fuji from Lak](/images/tsuchiya-koitsu_ushigome-kagurazaka-ushigome-kagurazaka-1939-9-haru-no-yuki-kyoto-maruyama-spring-snow-at-maruyama-kyoto-1936-3-ueno-koen-ueno-park-1939-4-akashi-no-hama-akashi-beach-1934-nara-horyuji-horyuji-temple-nara-1938-6-mount-fuji-from-lak_AID750807_320x320.jpg)
