# Kazuo Shiraga - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T12:39:30.068Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 326
- Lots with prices: 252
- First auction date: 2004-11-23
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-14
- Median realised price: $466,200
- Price range: $240 to $40,000,000

## Market Takeaway
Kazuo Shiraga shows deep auction liquidity with 326 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $466,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 13 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-14.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($466,200\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $157,000 and $1,538,500.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 2% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 5.2% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 92.9% (234 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 13
- Previous 12 months sales: 11
- Recent 12 months median: $1,512,000
- Previous 12 months median: $1,381,000
- Median shift: 9.5%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-14
- Days since latest sale: 96
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Mallet Auction: 124 lots
- Christie's: 101 lots
- Sotheby's: 40 lots
- Bonhams: 8 lots
- New Art Est\-Ouest Auctions: 5 lots
- RoGallery: 5 lots
- Tajan: 4 lots
- William J Jenack Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Artcurial: 3 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-07-07 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(Amagasaki, Japan 1924 \- 2008\). UNTITLED. INK ON PAPER. SIGNED LOWER RIGHT | Casa d'Aste Babuino | €600,000
2. 2025-11-14 | Kazuo Shiraga \(Japanese, 1924–2008\) Taki, c. 1970s | Freeman’s | N/A
3. 2025-10-23 | Kazuo Shiraga \(1924\-2008\) Seibaku | Christie's | N/A
4. 2025-10-23 | TYC\-338 | Jo's Auction | ¥950,000
5. 2025-09-29 | Kazuo Shiraga 白髮一雄 \| Aya No. 5 文 No. 5 | Sotheby's | N/A
6. 2025-09-28 | Kazuo Shiraga 白髮一雄 \| Work 作品 | Sotheby's | N/A
7. 2025-09-27 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). T 51. oil on canvas96.5 x 130 cm. \(38 x 51 1/8 i | Christie's | HK$6,985,000
8. 2025-09-27 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). Goshiki zanmai \(Five colors samadhi\). oil on can | Christie's | HK$571,500
9. 2025-04-09 | Kazuo Shiraga \(1924\-2008\). ?? \(Rakushi\). huile sur toile194 × 130.3 cm.Pein | Christie's | €466,200
10. 2025-04-09 | Kazuo Shiraga \(1924\-2008\). ?? \(Shusen\). huile sur toile130.3 × 97.2 cm.Pein | Christie's | €1,056,400
11. 2025-04-03 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). Outo Shoukou. oil on canvas161.8 x 130.5 cm. \(63 | Christie's | CN¥11,795,000
12. 2025-03-30 | Kazuo Shiraga 白髮一雄 \| Ranmaru 蘭丸 | Sotheby's | HK$3,048,000
13. 2025-03-29 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). Untitled. oil on canvas72.8 x 52.7 cm. \(28 5/8 x | Christie's | HK$1,512,000
14. 2025-03-28 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). Onkurodanau Unjaku. oil on canvas193 x 130 cm. \( | Christie's | HK$8,568,000
15. 2024-12-22 | UNTITLED 1961 SIGNED KAZUO SHIRAGA | Berkeley Auction Gallery | $4,500
16. 2024-11-22 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\) \- Geishou | Christie's | $819,000
17. 2024-10-27 | UNTITLED SIGNED KAZUO SHIRAGA | Berkeley Auction Gallery | $1,500
18. 2024-10-19 | Kazuo Shiraga \(1924\-2008\). 降魔 \(Gouma\). huile sur toile 130 × 97 cm. Peint l | Christie's | N/A
19. 2024-10-18 | Kazuo Shiraga \(1924\-2008\) Chikeisei Saienshi huile sur toile 130.6 x 193.4 | Christie's | €2,581,000
20. 2024-09-27 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). Kasshiki. oil on canvas 130 x 97 cm. \(51 1⁄8 x 3 | Christie's | HK$6,300,000
21. 2024-09-26 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\). Shakudei \(Burning Mud\). oil on canvas 130 x 162 | Christie's | HK$11,507,000
22. 2024-07-03 | Kazuo Shiraga \(1924\-2008\) Passionate Winner | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
23. 2024-05-16 | KAZUO SHIRAGA \(1924\-2008\) Untitled T33 oil on canvas 31 5⁄8 x 45 7⁄8 in | Christie's | $1,381,000
24. 2024-05-05 | Untitled | Arte Investimenti | N/A

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