Yayoi Kusama
Phallic Girl
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 109.000 USD
Price realised: 109.000 USD
Description
Yayoi Kusama
B. 1929
PHALLIC GIRL
mannequin with applied straw-stuffed cloth sacks, wig and straw hat painted silver, on an iron base
74 1/2 by 42 by 23 in. 189.2 by 106.7 by 58.4 cm.
Executed in 1965.
Private Collection, Netherlands (acquired in 1965) | Private Collection, Germany (acquired in 2000) | Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2002
B. 1929
PHALLIC GIRL
mannequin with applied straw-stuffed cloth sacks, wig and straw hat painted silver, on an iron base
74 1/2 by 42 by 23 in. 189.2 by 106.7 by 58.4 cm.
Executed in 1965.
Private Collection, Netherlands (acquired in 1965) | Private Collection, Germany (acquired in 2000) | Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2002
Auction result well in line with expectations
In March 2008 Sothebys in New York held the auction Contemporary Art Asia, which included the work Phallic Girl by Yayoi Kusama. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 100,000.00 – 150,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 109,000.00 (€ 68,965.52) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im März 2008 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Contemporary Art Asia durch, in der auch die Arbeit Phallic Girl von Yayoi Kusama zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 100.000,00 – 150.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 109.000,00 (€ 68.965,52) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. 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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