Lee Joong-seop’s ‘Bull’ could beat auction records
Seoul Auction announced Monday that Korean artist Lee Joong-seop’s oil painting “Bull” will be sold at its 117th major auction in June.
The bid for the piece will start from between 3.5 billion won ($3.05 million) to 4.5 billion won, and could end up setting a new record in Korean auction history.
The highest price record so far is held by Park Soo Keun’s “A Wash Place,” which was sold for 4.52 billion won by Seoul Auction in May 2007. That work was mired in controversy over its authenticity. A court ruled in November 2009 that the auctioned piece was not a counterfeit.
“Lee Joong-seob’s ‘Bull’ will set a record at the auction as it is a monumental piece in Korean modern art history,” said Lee Hak-jun, president of Seoul Auction.
Lee’s paintings that feature bulls are rarely seen in auctions because most are held in museums, including Hongik Museum of Art and Leeum Samsung Museum of Art. This particular piece, 35.3 cm long and 51.3 cm wide, was last seen in public at an exhibition held by Gallery Hyundai in 1972.
“An individual collector, who was an old acquaintance of Lee, exchanged three of Lee’s paintings that he had bought in Midopa Gallery in 1955 with this ‘Bull.’ Lee wanted to give the three paintings to his family as a present, so the collector took home ‘Bull,’ which was Lee’s favorite, instead,” said an official at Seoul Auction.
By Park Min-young (claire@heraldm.com)
The bid for the piece will start from between 3.5 billion won ($3.05 million) to 4.5 billion won, and could end up setting a new record in Korean auction history.
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| “Bull” by Lee Joong-seop Seoul Auction |
“Lee Joong-seob’s ‘Bull’ will set a record at the auction as it is a monumental piece in Korean modern art history,” said Lee Hak-jun, president of Seoul Auction.
Lee’s paintings that feature bulls are rarely seen in auctions because most are held in museums, including Hongik Museum of Art and Leeum Samsung Museum of Art. This particular piece, 35.3 cm long and 51.3 cm wide, was last seen in public at an exhibition held by Gallery Hyundai in 1972.
“An individual collector, who was an old acquaintance of Lee, exchanged three of Lee’s paintings that he had bought in Midopa Gallery in 1955 with this ‘Bull.’ Lee wanted to give the three paintings to his family as a present, so the collector took home ‘Bull,’ which was Lee’s favorite, instead,” said an official at Seoul Auction.
By Park Min-young (claire@heraldm.com)
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답글삭제이중섭 ″황소″ 경매 최고기록 깰까? Lee Joong-seop’s ‘Bull’ could beat auction records Seoul Auction announced Monday that Korean artist Lee Joong-seop’s oil paint..