K-auction to hold first auction of 2023 on January 18... 84 pieces including Lee Ufan's 'From Line'

Art / 연합뉴스 / 2023-01-06 10:14:06
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▲This photo, provided by K-Auction, shows Lee Ufan's No.77072 from line,' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) 


SEOUL, January 6 (Yonhap) -- K-Auction, an art auction house will hold its first auction of 2023 at its headquarters in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on January 18 according to their announcement on Friday 

The auction will feature 84 pieces worth about 8 billion KRW, including Lee Ufan, Jung Chang-seop, Chun Kyung-ja, Choi Wook-kyung, Ro Eun-nim, and Lee Sook-ja.

The representative work is Lee Ufan's "No.77072 from line," completed in 1977 which was estimated at 700 million KRW to 1 billion KRW. Kim Hwan-ki's New York era painting "North West Wind 30-VIII-65," which was auctioned in November last year and canceled, will be out, looking for a new owner for an estimated price of 1.5 billion won to 4 billion won.

Works by female artists such as Chun Kyung-ja, Choi Wook-kyung, Noh Eun-nim, and Lee Sook-ja, as well as Kwon Dae-sup's moon jar, will also be on the auction. 

Entry is free of charge at the K-Auction exhibition hall from January 7 to 18.


 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)


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