Moriyama Daido
Smash-up from 'Accident', 1969
Found at
Christies,
London
Photographs, Lot 65
15. May - 15. May 2008
Photographs, Lot 65
15. May - 15. May 2008
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
MORIYAMA DAIDO (b.1938)
Smash-up from 'Accident', 1969
gelatin silver print
signed in Japanese/English in pencil and titled 'Jiko' [Accident] in Japanese in ink on verso
6 5/8 x 9½in. (16.8 x 24.2cm.)
Smash-up from 'Accident', 1969
gelatin silver print
signed in Japanese/English in pencil and titled 'Jiko' [Accident] in Japanese in ink on verso
6 5/8 x 9½in. (16.8 x 24.2cm.)
A top price for Daido Moriyama
This artwork by Daido Moriyama achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in May 2008. In the Photographs auction, the work Smash-up from 'Accident', 1969 sold for GBP 31,700.00 (€ 40,323.79) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 15,000.00. This high result makes Smash-up from 'Accident', 1969 the most expensive artwork by Daido Moriyama that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Daido Moriyama
Dieses Kunstwerk von Daido Moriyama erzielte im Mai 2008 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Smash-up from 'Accident', 1969 für GBP 31.700,00 (€ 40.323,79) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 15.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Smash-up from 'Accident', 1969 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Daido Moriyama, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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