Kenzo Okada
A Well
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 74.500 USD
Price realised: 74.500 USD
Description
Kenzo Okada
1902 - 1982
A WELL
signed; titled on the stretcher
oil on canvas
80 by 87 3/4 in. 203.2 by 222.8 cm.
Executed in 1966.
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York | Private Collection, Pennsylvania | Christie's, New York, March 16, 2006, lot 285 | Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
1902 - 1982
A WELL
signed; titled on the stretcher
oil on canvas
80 by 87 3/4 in. 203.2 by 222.8 cm.
Executed in 1966.
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York | Private Collection, Pennsylvania | Christie's, New York, March 16, 2006, lot 285 | Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May 2012 Sothebys in New York held the auction Contemporary Art Day Auction, which included the work A Well by Kenzo Okada. The price achieved of USD 74,500.00 (€ 60,255.58) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 60,000.00 – 80,000.00. Other works by Kenzo Okada have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in May 2018 the work Homage was auctioned for USD 125,000.00 (€ 107,112.25).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai 2012 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Contemporary Art Day Auction durch, in der auch die Arbeit A Well von Kenzo Okada zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 74.500,00 (€ 60.255,58) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 60.000,00 – 80.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Kenzo Okada konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Mai 2018 die Arbeit Homage für USD 125.000,00 (€ 107.112,25) versteigert.
Kenzo Okada - Auction history
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