May 15, 2008 18:27:00

Sotheby's Auction Figures, Sold Out for ¥ 1.6 Billion

At the auction auctioned by Sotheby's in New York, a figure created by contemporary artist

Takashi Murakami was sold for $ 11.5 million (approximately ¥ 1 billion). The work is 'My Lonesome CowBoy' produced in 1998 and is 254 cm high. Apparently the applause arose at the high price as the expected winning price was considered to be $ 3 million to $ 4 million (approximately 300 million to 400 million yen).

Details are as below.
Jiji Dotcom: Applause from the venue to a figure above the expected high price of ¥ 1.6 billion to Murakami Takashi's figure-US

This is the whole picture of the work. It is a figure of a naked young man, and the white thing which is flying seems to be semen.

This size is about 254 cm in height.

Representative works of Takashi Murakami include 'HIROPON'. This is a figure of a beautiful girl jumping rope with her own breast milk, and has been auctioned at Christie's and won a bid for about 50 million yen.