Yayoi Kusama
Cosmic Door
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Passion + Transmission: International Contemporary Art from the CAP Collection, Lot 27
7. Mar - 7. Mar 2013
Passion + Transmission: International Contemporary Art from the CAP Collection, Lot 27
7. Mar - 7. Mar 2013
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 338.500 USD
Price realised: 338.500 USD
Description
Yayoi Kusama
B. 1929
COSMIC DOOR
signed, titled in Japanese and dated 1995 on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
51 1/4 by 38 1/4 in. 130.2 by 97.2 cm.
Victoria Miro Gallery, London | Acquired by the present owner from the above in October 2000
B. 1929
COSMIC DOOR
signed, titled in Japanese and dated 1995 on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
51 1/4 by 38 1/4 in. 130.2 by 97.2 cm.
Victoria Miro Gallery, London | Acquired by the present owner from the above in October 2000
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Yayoi Kusama achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in March 2013. In the Passion + Transmission: International Contemporary Art from the CAP Collection auction, the work Cosmic Door sold for USD 338,500.00 (€ 264,122.97) - well above the upper estimate of USD 150,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Yayoi Kusama achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Pumpkin in April this year with an auction result of HKD 30,000,000.00 (€ 30,635,869.57).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Yayoi Kusama erzielte im März 2013 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Passion + Transmission: International Contemporary Art from the CAP Collection wurde die Arbeit Cosmic Door für USD 338.500,00 (€ 264.122,97) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Yayoi Kusama erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Pumpkin im April diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 30.000.000,00 (€ 30.635.869,57).
Yayoi Kusama - Auction history
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