Lot 570 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
Tokyo Comedy-Yakuza
Nobuyoshi Araki · Cibachrome print
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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $25,672–$38,507
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale , London · 9 March 2024
- Dimensions
- image: 22 1⁄8 x 33 ¼in. (56.3 x 84.4cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3277192
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3277192 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3277192
Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Comedy-Yakuza. Christie's, 9 Mar 2024, lot 570. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3277192.
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Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Comedy-Yakuza. Christie's, 9 Mar 2024, lot 570. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3277192.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | ANNE IMHOF & ELIZA DOUGLAS (B. 1978 & B. 1984) | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Untitled | Sanya Kantarovsky | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Untitled | Philip Guston | £240,000–£280,000 | |
| Grecian Nude | Damien Hirst | £350,000–£550,000 | |
| Bust | Tony Cragg | £280,000–£350,000 | |
| State of Being (Travel Guide) | Chiharu Shiota | £80,000–£120,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Colourscapes | $33,653 | SBI Art Auction, Mar 2023 | |
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Shiki In Me 03, 2006 | Christie's, Sep 2020 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | キンバクエクスタシー | SBI Art Auction, Oct 2025 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Selected Images | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Hana Kinbaku - 73 | 花緊縛－73 | Sotheby's, Sep 2023 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Tokyo Comedy | Christie's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Untitled from Colourscapes | Phillips, May 2014 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Araki | Untitled, from Colourscapes , 1991 | Christie's, May 2017 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.