Shiryu Morita

Mu - Nothing(-Ness)

Found at Sothebys, Hong Kong
Contemporary Art Day Sale, Lot 616
7. Oct - 7. Oct 2020
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 HKD
Price realised: 50.400 HKD
SHIRYU MORITA
1912-1998
MU - NOTHING(-NESS)
ink on paper
marked with one artist's seal
Executed circa 1960s.
69.6 by 41.2 cm. 27⅜ by 16¼ in.
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森田子龍 1912-1998
Mi Chou Gallery, New York | Private American Collection | Private Collection | Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 4 April 2017, Lot 502 | Acquired from the above sale by the present owner | ---------------------------------------------- | 紐約,米舟畫廊 | 美國私人收藏 | 私人收藏 | 香港,蘇富比,2017年4月4日,拍品編號502

Auction result misses estimated price range

When the work Mu - Nothing(-Ness) by Morita Shiryū was auctioned at Sothebys in Hong Kong in October 2020, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of HKD 80,000.00 – 120,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for HKD 50,400.00 (€ 5,582.21). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Morita Shiryū achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work So - Wilderness in October 2017 with an auction result of HKD 2,740,000.00 (€ 301,569.37).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Als die Arbeit Mu - Nothing(-Ness) von Morita Shiryū im Oktober 2020 bei Sothebys in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von HKD 80.000,00 – 120.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für HKD 50.400,00 (€ 5.582,21) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Morita Shiryū erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit So - Wilderness im Oktober 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 2.740.000,00 (€ 301.569,37).

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