Auction 520 Part 2
The Kasper König Collection - His Private Choice
By VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG
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Oct 2, 2024
Hitzelerstr. 2, 50968 Köln, Germany
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Day Sale: Wednesday, 2 October 2024
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LOT 141:
On Kawara
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Sold for: €9,300
Price including buyer’s premium:
€
12,462
Start price:
€
3,200
Estimated price :
€4,000 - €6,000
Buyer's Premium: 32%
VAT: 19%
On commission only
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
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On Kawara: I read
KAWARA, ON
1932 KARIYA/JAPAN - 2014 NEW YORK
Title: I read.
Subtitle: 1966 to 1995.
Date: 2017.
Technique: 6 book volumes in wooden box.
Measurement: Wooden box: 38 x 32 x 40,5cm.
Publisher: The Estate of On Kawara und mfc-michèle didier (publisher).
The 6 volumes contain photographs of all the newspaper articles that On Kawara read between 1966 and 1995.
Outside the edition of 50 numbered copies and 10 H.C.
Provenance:
- Kasper König Collection, Berlin (directly from the artist)
- König discovered Kawara in New York in 1966
- In 1974, König arranged Kawara's first major solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern: 'On Kawara 1973 - Production of a Year'
Estimated shipping costs for this lot:
Germany: 43,70 Euro plus 8,30 Euro VAT
EU: 58,82 Euro plus 11,18 Euro VAT
Worldwide: 117,65 Euro plus 22,35 Euro VAT
additional shipping insurance
Explanations to the Catalogue
On Kawara
Asia
Conceptual Art
Post-War Art
Multiples
2010s
Concept
Multiple
Book
Writing
