Shusaku Arakawa
Webster's Dictionary Page One
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 25.000 GBP
Price realised: 25.000 GBP
Description
signed, titled and dated ‘Webster’s Dictionary page One ARAKAWA 1965’ (lower centre); signed, titled and dated ‘(Webster’s Dictionary Page One) ARAKAWA 1965’ (on the stretcher)
acrylic, ballpoint pen and graphite on canvas
40 1/8 x 30 1/8in. (101.9 x 76.5cm.)
Executed in 1965
Galerie Onnasch, Cologne. | Dwan Gallery, New York. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
acrylic, ballpoint pen and graphite on canvas
40 1/8 x 30 1/8in. (101.9 x 76.5cm.)
Executed in 1965
Galerie Onnasch, Cologne. | Dwan Gallery, New York. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Webster's Dictionary Page One by Shusaku Arakawa was sold in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction at Christies in London in February 2020. The price achieved of GBP 25,000.00 (€ 28,975.06) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 20,000.00 – 30,000.00. Admittedly, works by Shusaku Arakawa have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Vertical Thought in October 2017 with an auction result of GBP 137,500.00 (€ 156,776.91).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Webster's Dictionary Page One von Shusaku Arakawa wurde im Februar 2020 in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 25.000,00 (€ 28.975,06) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 20.000,00 – 30.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Shusaku Arakawa auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Vertical Thought im Oktober 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 137.500,00 (€ 156.776,91).
Shusaku Arakawa - Auction history
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