Park Sookeun
Returning from the market, 1965
Estimate: 400.000 - 500.000 USD
Price realised: 722.500 USD
Price realised: 722.500 USD
Description
Park Sookeun (1914-1965)
Returning from the market, 1965
Signed in hangul, Sookeun, and inscribed on verso in hangul, Park Sookeun, and in roman letters, Park Sookeun 1965
Oil and mixed media on board, framed
7 3/16 x 13 7/16in. (18.3 x 34cm.)
Returning from the market, 1965
Signed in hangul, Sookeun, and inscribed on verso in hangul, Park Sookeun, and in roman letters, Park Sookeun 1965
Oil and mixed media on board, framed
7 3/16 x 13 7/16in. (18.3 x 34cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 45 %.
The work Returning from the market, 1965 by Park Sookeun was auctioned at Christies in New York in September 2011. It achieved a price of USD 722,500.00 (€ 537,214.66), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 45%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Park Sookeun - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Tree and three figures, 1962, which sold at auction in September 2012 for USD 1,986,500.00 (€ 1,545,192.91).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 45 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Returning from the market, 1965 von Park Sookeun kam im September 2011 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 722.500,00 (€ 537.214,66) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 45%. Für andere Arbeiten von Park Sookeun mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Tree and three figures, 1962 beobachtet, die im September 2012 für USD 1.986.500,00 (€ 1.545.192,91) versteigert wurde.
Park Sookeun - Auction history
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