A 1971 dot portray by Korean summary grasp Kim Whan-ki (1913-1974) has bought for $8.4 million at a Christie’s public sale held in New York, reaching the second-highest public sale worth ever for a Korean art work.
The portray, “19-VI-71 #206,” measuring 254 by 203 centimeters, was bought throughout Christie’s twentieth Century Night Sale on Monday. With the public sale price included, the ultimate worth exceeds $10.29 million.
Christie’s described the piece as “the zenith of Korean fashionable abstraction, embodying the purest and most transcendent beliefs of artwork.” In keeping with the Whanki Museum in Seoul, the art work was created whereas Kim was dwelling within the metropolis, a interval when “his seek for the essence of nature developed right into a most pristine and full type of abstraction.”
The late summary pioneer additionally holds the file for the costliest Korean art work ever bought at public sale. His monumental 1971 blue-dot portray, “Universe 05-IV-71 #200,” fetched roughly $11.3 million at a Christie’s Hong Kong public sale in November 2019.
