Shiryu Morita
Dragon Knows Dragon
Estimate: 65.000 - 85.000 GBP
Price realised: 119.000 GBP
Price realised: 119.000 GBP
Description
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Shiryu Morita (1912-1998)
Dragon Knows Dragon (「龍知龍」Ryu wa ryu o shiru)
1989
signed and titled in Japanese, dated 1989, and stamped with the artist's seal on the artist's label affixed to the reverse
aluminium flake pigment in polyvinyl acetate medium and alkyd varnish on paper, mounted as a folding screen
161 by 321 cm.
63 3/8 by 126 3/8 in.
Yamada Gallery, Kyoto | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1998
Shiryu Morita (1912-1998)
Dragon Knows Dragon (「龍知龍」Ryu wa ryu o shiru)
1989
signed and titled in Japanese, dated 1989, and stamped with the artist's seal on the artist's label affixed to the reverse
aluminium flake pigment in polyvinyl acetate medium and alkyd varnish on paper, mounted as a folding screen
161 by 321 cm.
63 3/8 by 126 3/8 in.
Yamada Gallery, Kyoto | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1998
Upper estimate price exceeded by 40 %.
The work Dragon Knows Dragon by Morita Shiryū was auctioned at Bonhams in London in October 2021. It achieved a price of GBP 119,000.00 (€ 140,982.86), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 40%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Morita Shiryū - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work So - Wilderness, which sold at auction in October 2017 for HKD 2,740,000.00 (€ 301,569.37).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 40 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Dragon Knows Dragon von Morita Shiryū kam im Oktober 2021 bei Bonhams in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 119.000,00 (€ 140.982,86) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 40%. Für andere Arbeiten von Morita Shiryū mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit So - Wilderness beobachtet, die im Oktober 2017 für HKD 2.740.000,00 (€ 301.569,37) versteigert wurde.
Morita Shiryū - Auction history
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