Kim Sou
Untitled (Two nudes)
Estimate: 7.000 - 9.000 USD
Price realised: 34.600 USD
Price realised: 34.600 USD
Description
Kim Sou (Kim Heungsou) (b. 1919)
Untitled (Two nudes)
Signed Kim Sou
Oil on canvas, framed
21 5/8 x 18 1/8in. (55.5 x 46cm.)
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Untitled (Two nudes)
Signed Kim Sou
Oil on canvas, framed
21 5/8 x 18 1/8in. (55.5 x 46cm.)
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Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Untitled (Two nudes) by Kim Heung Sou was auctioned at Christies in New York in March 2008, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 9,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 34,600.00 (€ 21,891.81). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Kim Heung Sou achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Untitled (Two figures) in September 2007 with an auction result of USD 313,000.00 (€ 220,128.00).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Untitled (Two nudes) von Kim Heung Sou im März 2008 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 9.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 34.600,00 (€ 21.891,81) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Kim Heung Sou erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Untitled (Two figures) im September 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 313.000,00 (€ 220.128,00).
Kim Heung Sou - Auction history
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