Makiko Kudo

Floating Island

Found at Sothebys, London
Contemporary Art| London, Lot 18
20. Aug - 20. Aug 2020
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 22.680 GBP
Property from the Saatchi Collection
MAKIKO KUDO
b. 1978
FLOATING ISLAND
each: signed, titled in Japanese and dated 2012 on the stretcher
oil on canvas, in two parts
each: 227 by 182 cm. 89⅜ by 71⅝ in.
overall: 227 by 364.6 cm. 89⅜ by 143½ in.
Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012

A top price for Makiko Kudo

This artwork by Makiko Kudo achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in August 2020. In the Contemporary Art| London auction, the work Floating Island sold for GBP 22,680.00 (€ 25,414.29) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00. This high result makes Floating Island the most expensive artwork by Makiko Kudo that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Makiko Kudo

Dieses Kunstwerk von Makiko Kudo erzielte im August 2020 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Art| London wurde die Arbeit Floating Island für GBP 22.680,00 (€ 25.414,29) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Floating Island zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Makiko Kudo, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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