Kazuo Shiraga
Japanese · 1924–2008 · Painter, Sculptor
Kazuo Shiraga was a Japanese abstract painter and the first-generation member of the postwar artists collective Gutai Art Association (Gutai). As a Gutai member, he was a… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
KeishizokuPhillips · $3,973,000≈ £2,486,077≈ €2,966,254Sign up to see
Chijikusei GotenraiKetterer Kunst · €3,145,000≈ $3,887,849≈ £2,478,547Sign up to see
RentanRavenel · NT$64,160,000≈ $2,028,739≈ £1,613,568≈ €1,819,334Sign up to see
Kazuo Shiraga’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Price trend
2 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
4 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 26 | 26 | 100% | $760kSign up | $295kSign up | $4MSign up |
| Oil | 23 | 23 | 100% | $860kSign up | $312kSign up | $4MSign up |
| Acrylic | 2 | 2 | 100% | $35.8kSign up | $35.8kSign up | $39kSign up |
| Mixed media | 1 | 1 | 100% | $9.9kSign up | $9.9kSign up | $9.9kSign up |
| Works on paper | 17 | 17 | 100% | $30.6kSign up | $14.2kSign up | $126kSign up |
| Watercolor | 2 | 2 | 100% | $15.4kSign up | $15.4kSign up | $21.2kSign up |
| Gouache | 6 | 6 | 100% | $21.9kSign up | $20.3kSign up | $47.5kSign up |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | 100% | $7.1kSign up | $7.1kSign up | $11.3kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 6 | 6 | 100% | $2.1kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $5kSign up |
| Lithograph | 2 | 2 | 100% | $1.3kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $1.6kSign up |
| Screenprint | 4 | 4 | 100% | $2.6kSign up | $1.8kSign up | $5kSign up |
| Other | 2 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.