Kazuya Sakai
The Sky of Texas
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 107.100 USD
Price realised: 107.100 USD
Description
Kazuya Sakai (1927-2001)
The Sky of Texas
signed and dated twice 'KAZUYA SAKAI, 1981 - DALLAS' (on the reverse of inverted pyramid and on sixth canvas from the right)
acrylic on shaped canvas
Height: 63 in. (160 cm.)
Length: 307 in. (780 cm.)
Depth: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.)
overall dimensions (dimensions are approximate and may vary when installed)
Painted in Dallas in 1981.
The Sky of Texas
signed and dated twice 'KAZUYA SAKAI, 1981 - DALLAS' (on the reverse of inverted pyramid and on sixth canvas from the right)
acrylic on shaped canvas
Height: 63 in. (160 cm.)
Length: 307 in. (780 cm.)
Depth: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.)
overall dimensions (dimensions are approximate and may vary when installed)
Painted in Dallas in 1981.
A top price for Kazuya Sakai
This artwork by Kazuya Sakai achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in September last year. In the Latin American Art auction, the work The Sky of Texas sold for USD 107,100.00 (€ 109,475.62) - well above the upper estimate of USD 60,000.00. This high result makes The Sky of Texas the most expensive artwork by Kazuya Sakai that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Kazuya Sakai
Dieses Kunstwerk von Kazuya Sakai erzielte im September letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Latin American Art wurde die Arbeit The Sky of Texas für USD 107.100,00 (€ 109.475,62) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Sky of Texas zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Kazuya Sakai, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Kazuya Sakai - Auction history
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