Isamu Noguchi
The Sky
Estimate: 1.200.000 - 1.800.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.662.500 GBP
Price realised: 2.662.500 GBP
Description
Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988)
The Sky
incised with the artist’s signature ‘Noguchi’ (to the underside of the marble)
white marble on wooden base
marble: 29 ½ x 29 5/8 x 4 5/8in. (74.9 x 75.2 x 11.7cm.)
overall: 77 ¼ x 29 ¼ x 7 1/8in. (196.2 x 74.3 x 18.1cm.)
Executed in 1964
- Cordier & Ekstrom Inc., New York. | Staempfli Gallery, New York. | Robert W. Sarnoff, New York (acquired from the above in 1965 and thence by descent to Anna Moffo Sarnoff). | Her sale, Sotheby’s New York, 14 November 2006, lot 36. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
The Sky
incised with the artist’s signature ‘Noguchi’ (to the underside of the marble)
white marble on wooden base
marble: 29 ½ x 29 5/8 x 4 5/8in. (74.9 x 75.2 x 11.7cm.)
overall: 77 ¼ x 29 ¼ x 7 1/8in. (196.2 x 74.3 x 18.1cm.)
Executed in 1964
- Cordier & Ekstrom Inc., New York. | Staempfli Gallery, New York. | Robert W. Sarnoff, New York (acquired from the above in 1965 and thence by descent to Anna Moffo Sarnoff). | Her sale, Sotheby’s New York, 14 November 2006, lot 36. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 48 %.
The work The Sky by Isamu Noguchi was sold in the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale auction at Christies in London in June 2021. It achieved a price of GBP 2,662,500.00 (€ 3,102,504.64), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 48%. Other works by Isamu Noguchi have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of USD 4,727,500.00 (€ 4,207,458.17) in May 2017 for the work Garden Elements.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 48 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Sky von Isamu Noguchi wurde im Juni 2021 in der Auktion 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 2.662.500,00 (€ 3.102.504,64) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 48%. Andere Arbeiten von Isamu Noguchi haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von USD 4.727.500,00 (€ 4.207.458,17) im Mai 2017 für die Arbeit Garden Elements beobachtet.
Isamu Noguchi - Auction history
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