Park Soo-keun’s “Farm Music” starting price of 1.2 billion… K-Auction to auction off masterpieces of 8 modern conceptual artists

Park Soo-geun, Nongak, 1962. [K Auction],
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, ‘[Herald Economy=Reporter Lee Jung-ah] Masterpieces of major modern conceptual artists who embroidered the garden of Korean modernity during the Japanese colonial period and the Korean War are up for auction as art pieces.’,
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, ‘K Auction announced on the 14th that it will auction 125 art pieces by 8 Korean modern artists, totaling about 10.4 billion won, at its head office in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 26th. In particular, this auction will feature a section dedicated to ‘Artists who embroidered modernity’, introducing works by 8 modern artists including Park Soo-geun, Do Sang-bong, Park Go-seok, Yoon Joong-sik, Kim In-seung, Choi Young-rim, Im Jik-soon, and Kwon Ok-yeon.’,
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, ‘Park Soo-geun’s work ‘Nongak’ depicting villagers enjoying music and dance after finishing their farm work in 1962, which was featured in the Park Soo-geun retrospective exhibition held at Deoksugung Palace of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in 2021-2022, will have a starting bid of 1.2 billion won. Choi Young-rim’s ‘Woman and Cow’ from 1971, painted with free brush strokes, is offered at a price between 30 million and 150 million won.’,
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Do Sang-bong, Still Life, 1959. [K Auction],
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, ‘Do Sang-bong’s ‘Still Life’ from 1959, depicting white porcelain and fruit in subtle colors (estimated at 30 million to 80 million won), Park Go-seok’s ‘Mt. Chiak Landscape’ from 1974, known as ‘Mountain Man’ (15 million to 30 million won), Yoon Joong-sik’s ‘Still Life with Aquarium’ from 1977 exploring twilight and birds (10 million to 40 million won), and more will be featured in the auction.’,
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, ‘International artists such as Robert Indiana, a representative of 20th-century pop art with his ‘Love’ series combining red and blue, and green (300 million to 400 million won), and Ugo Rondinone’s ‘fünfzehnterjanuarzweitausendsieben’ from 2007 (200 million to 400 million won) are also included in the auction.’,
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, ‘The auction pieces can be viewed for free at K Auction exhibition hall from the 15th until the day of the auction.’,
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