![Yasumasa Morimura - I. Self-Portrait As Art History (Mona Lisa In Its Origin) | II. Self-Portrait As Art History (Mona Lisa In Pregnancy) | III. Self-Portrait As Art History (Mona Lisa In The Third Place) [3 Works]](/images/yasumasa-morimura_i-self-portrait-as-art-history-mona-lisa-in-its-origin-ii-self-portrait-as-art-history-mona-lisa-in-pregnancy-iii-self-portrait-as-art-history-mona-lisa-in-the-third-place-3-works_AID162999.jpg?f=grey)
Yasumasa Morimura
I. Self-Portrait As Art History (Mona Lisa In Its Origin) | II. Self-Portrait As Art History (Mona Lisa In Pregnancy) | III. Self-Portrait As Art History (Mona Lisa In The Third Place) [3 Works]
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Description
YASUMASA MORIMURA
b.1951
I. SELF-PORTRAIT AS ART HISTORY (MONA LISA IN ITS ORIGIN)
II. SELF-PORTRAIT AS ART HISTORY (MONA LISA IN PREGNANCY)
III. SELF-PORTRAIT AS ART HISTORY (MONA LISA IN THE THIRD PLACE)
[3 WORKS]
each: signed, dated 1998 and numbered 1/10 on the reverse
each: inkjet print on canvas in artist frames
Each canvas: 30¾ by 21⅞ in. (78 by 55.5 cm.) Each framed: 39 by 30 in. (99.1 by 76.2 cm.)
b.1951
I. SELF-PORTRAIT AS ART HISTORY (MONA LISA IN ITS ORIGIN)
II. SELF-PORTRAIT AS ART HISTORY (MONA LISA IN PREGNANCY)
III. SELF-PORTRAIT AS ART HISTORY (MONA LISA IN THE THIRD PLACE)
[3 WORKS]
each: signed, dated 1998 and numbered 1/10 on the reverse
each: inkjet print on canvas in artist frames
Each canvas: 30¾ by 21⅞ in. (78 by 55.5 cm.) Each framed: 39 by 30 in. (99.1 by 76.2 cm.)
Artwork auctioned at 15 times the upper estimate price
When the work I. Self-Portrait As Art History (Mona Lisa In Its Origin) | II. Self-Portrait As Art History (Mona Lisa In Pregnancy) | III. Self-Portrait As Art History (Mona Lisa In The Third Place) 3 Works by Yasumasa Morimura was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in March 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 1,200.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 15 times as high at USD 18,750.00 (€ 16,6 However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Yasumasa Morimura - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo, which sold at auction in November 2006 for USD 66,000.00 (€ 49,770.00).
Kunstwerk zum 15-fachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit I. Self-Portrait As Art History (Mona Lisa In Its Origin) | II. Self-Portrait As Art History (Mona Lisa In Pregnancy) | III. Self-Portrait As Art History (Mona Lisa In The Third Place) 3 Works von Yasumasa Morimura im März 2019 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 1.200,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 18.750,00 (€ 16.699,32) mehr als 15-mal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Yasumasa Morimura mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo beobachtet, die im November 2006 für USD 66.000,00 (€ 49.770,00) versteigert wurde.
Yasumasa Morimura - Auction history
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