Yoshimasa Tsuchiya
Lion
Found at
Sothebys,
Hong Kong
Contemporary Curated: Asia | JAY CHOU x SOTHEBY’S | Day Sale, Lot 121
22. Jun - 22. Jun 2021
Contemporary Curated: Asia | JAY CHOU x SOTHEBY’S | Day Sale, Lot 121
22. Jun - 22. Jun 2021
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 HKD
Price realised: 327.600 HKD
Price realised: 327.600 HKD
Description
Yoshimasa Tsuchiya
b. 1977
Lion
wood
signed, titled in Japanese and dated 2015 on the original box
sculpture: 55 by 18.5 by 48 cm. 21⅝ by 7¼ by 18⅞ in.
box: 64.5 by 67.2 by 32.9 cm. 25⅜ by 26½ by 13 in.
Executed in 2015.
Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo | Marunouchi Gallery, Tokyo | Gallery Cellar, Tokyo | Acquired from the above the present owner | This work is accompanied by its original wooden box. | ---------------------------------------------- | 東京,三越百貨 | 東京,Marunouchi畫廊 | 東京,Cellar畫廊 | 現藏者購自上述來源
b. 1977
Lion
wood
signed, titled in Japanese and dated 2015 on the original box
sculpture: 55 by 18.5 by 48 cm. 21⅝ by 7¼ by 18⅞ in.
box: 64.5 by 67.2 by 32.9 cm. 25⅜ by 26½ by 13 in.
Executed in 2015.
Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo | Marunouchi Gallery, Tokyo | Gallery Cellar, Tokyo | Acquired from the above the present owner | This work is accompanied by its original wooden box. | ---------------------------------------------- | 東京,三越百貨 | 東京,Marunouchi畫廊 | 東京,Cellar畫廊 | 現藏者購自上述來源
A top price for Yoshimasa Tsuchiya
The work Lion by Yoshimasa Tsuchiya was sold in the Contemporary Curated: Asia | JAY CHOU x SOTHEBY’S | Day Sale auction at Sothebys in Hong Kong in June 2021. Here, the upper estimate of HKD 300,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for HKD 327,600.00 (€ 35,585.85). With this result, Lion is even the most expensive work of art by Yoshimasa Tsuchiya that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Yoshimasa Tsuchiya
Die Arbeit Lion von Yoshimasa Tsuchiya wurde im Juni 2021 in der Auktion Contemporary Curated: Asia | JAY CHOU x SOTHEBY’S | Day Sale bei Sothebys in Hong Kong versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von HKD 300.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für HKD 327.600,00 (€ 35.585,85) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Lion sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Yoshimasa Tsuchiya, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.