Park Sookeun Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Park Sookeun Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 17, 2024
PARK SOOKEUN (1914-1965). Playing Children, 1960. Oil on artist’s board; or
Est: $250,000 - $350,000
PARK SOOKEUN (1914-1965). Playing Children, 1960. Oil on artist’s board; original frame 10 x 5 7⁄8 in. (25.4 x 14.9 cm.) picture 13 7⁄8 x 9 7⁄8 in. (35.2 x 25.1 cm.) with frame.
Christie's
Mar. 21, 2023
PARK SOOKEUN (1914-1965) Three Seated Women, 1962 Oil on artist’s board; o
Est: $400,000 - $600,000
PARK SOOKEUN (1914-1965) Three Seated Women, 1962 Oil on artist’s board; original frame 15 x 7 5/8 in. (38.1 x 19.4 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 18, 2018
PARK SOOKEUN (1914–1965)
Est: $200,000 - $300,000
PARK SOOKEUN (1914–1965) SCENE ON A VILLAGE STREET, 1962 Oil on artist’s board; original frame 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (29.5 x 27 cm)
Christie's
Sep. 14, 2016
Park Sookeun (1914-1965) Gidalim (Waiting)
Est: $150,000 - $250,000
PARK SOOKEUN (1914-1965) Gidalim (Waiting) Oil and mixed media on board, signed in hangul at the upper right Sookeun; the paper label on the verso inscribed in black crayon with the title Gidalim (Waiting) in hangul above Park Sookeun in Roman letters and in hangul 14 1/8 x 5 1/4in (36 x 13.5cm) Park Sookeun took as his principal subject matter characters and scenery from everyday life in post-war Korea. It is the celebration of a lost era in Korean history that may explain the great popularity of his work today, when such scenes evoke feelings of nostalgia among collectors. Here, a mother and child dressed in traditional hanbok clothing are seen from behind, the child suspended in a sling and the woman’s red under-robe showing beneath her hem. Sookeun’s body of work is thought to be quite small, perhaps no more than 400 paintings. His career was cut short by his premature death from cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 51 in 1965. Waiting is the fifth Park Sookeun painting to be offered by Bonhams: others include Two Figures, December 10, 2012, lot 5346; Selling by the Roadside, November 17, 2004, lot 134; Roadside Vendor, June 23, 2008, lot 8330; On the Road Home, December 13, 2010, lot 5302.
Bonhams
Dec. 13, 2010
Park Sookeun (1914-1965) On The Road Home (Gwi Ro), 1964
Est: $300,000 - $500,000
On The Road Home (Gwi Ro), 1964 Oil on board; depicting three women with their backs facing the viewer, the far left figure with a baby tied to her back and far right figure both carrying on their heads baskets with vertically striped sides while the figure to the center carries a sachel; the reverse signed in black crayon Park Sookeun in Hangul and English above the date 1964. 10 5/8 x 13 1/2in (27 x 34cm)
Bonhams
Jul. 16, 2010
Park Sookeun (Korean 1914-1965) A Seated Woman
Est: $200,000 - $300,000
Park Sookeun (Korean 1914-1965) A Seated Woman Signed in Hangul, Oil and Mixed Media on Board, Retains the original frame, 10 1/2" X 8 1/2". Dated 1956 verso and retains original paper label. Signed in hangul, ul, Provenance: Howard A. Rusk (1901-1989), known as the father of rehabilitation medicine originally from Brookfield, Mississippi, joined the Army Air Corp in 1942 and retired as a Brigadier General. In the early 1950ãs Dr. Rusk founded the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York University Medical Center, In 1984 the center was renamed Howard H. Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. Dr. Rusk and his wife traveled to Korea on several medical missions between 1953-1967. He was also elected president of the American Korean Foundation (1954). Dr. Rusk was supported by several prominent individuals for his humanitarian efforts. A major supporter was Bernard and Alva Gimbel. Mrs. Gimbel had assisted Dr.Rusk on one of his trips to Seoul, Korea where she acquired a painting by the artist Park Soo Kuen. This painting has been consigned from a family member and has never been out of the family since it was acquired in the 1950ãs. Condition: good, untouched original condition
John McInnis Auctioneers
Mar. 24, 2010
Park Sookeun (1916-1964)
Est: $350,000 - $400,000
Park Sookeun (1916-1964) Two seated women, 1964 Signed in hangul, Sookeun, inscribed on verso in Roman letters, Park Soo Keun 1964 and in hangul, Park Sookeun Oil and mixed media on board, framed 7 1/8 x 9½in. (18.2 x 24.1cm.) Paper label affixed to verso of Bando Art Gallery, Bando Hotel, Seoul, Korea
Christie's
Sep. 17, 2009
Park Sookeun (1916-1964)
Est: $350,000 - $400,000
Park Sookeun (1916-1964) Three women, 1961 Signed in hangul, Sookeun, inscribed on verso in Roman letters, Park Soo Keun 1961 and in hangul, Park Sookeun and titled in Chinese characters as above Oil and mixed media on board, framed 6 1/8 x 10in. (15.5 x 25.4cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 18, 2008
Park Sookeun (1914-1965)
Est: $400,000 - $500,000
Park Sookeun (1914-1965) Figures in a landscape, 1964 Signed in hangul, Sookeun, inscribed on verso in Roman letters, Park Sookeun 1964 Oil and mixed media on board, framed 6½ x 13½in. (16.5 x 34.3cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 24, 2003
Park Sookeun (1914-1965)
Est: $250,000 - $300,000
Han il (Leisure time) Signed in hangul, Sookeun Oil on canvas, framed 13 x 20 7/8in. (33 x 53cm.) Paper label affixed to verso, Park Sookeun, Changshin-dong 393-1, Han il NOTES Five men in traditional Korean clothing are seated around a chess board in intense concentration. Sookeun's paintings are unique. Small, and roughly textured, they are at first glance unassuming and unpretentious. But it is these very qualities, combined with the abstract, simplified rendering of his idyllic subject matter--traditional country scenes--that give his works their power and poetry. For another smaller painting with a very similar composition, also titled Leisure time and dating from the 1950s, see Park Sookeun (Seoul: Gallery Hyundai, 2002), color plate page 23. Sookeun's work was widely appreciated by Americans stationed in Seoul after the Korean war. Now it is prized by Korean collectors and museums as well. The Bando Gallery in the Choson Hotel in Seoul began exhibiting his paintings in 1956, selling them for a nominal sum to clients who were predominately Americans. The artist's career was cut short by his premature death at the age of fifty-one in 1965. During the past ten years, since Christie's New York began selling his work, he has become the most sought-after modern Korean master. Thirteen paintings by Park Sookeun have been sold at Christie's, New York: Farmers, 27 April, 1993, lot 45; Dancers, 17 November, 1993, lot 121; Woman beneath a tree, 27 April, 1994, lot 101; Country village, 25 October, 1994, lot 78; Three women and child, 26 April, 1995, lot 77; Farmhouses, 26 March, 1996, lot 67; Men smoking, 31 October, 1996, lot 110; The jobless, 23 March, 1999, lot 311 and 15 October, 2001, lot 333; Mother and child, 15 September, 1999, lot 384; Four women and child, 23 March, 2000, lot 379; Mother and child walking under trees, 19 September, 2000, lot 410; Winter, 22 March 2002, lot 223; Woman pounding grain, 18 September, 2002, lot 432.
Christie's
Mar. 22, 2002
Park Sookeun (1914-1965)
Est: $150,000 - $200,000
Winter Signed in hangul, Sookeun Oil and mixed media on board, framed 8 13/16 x 17 7/16in. (22.5 x 44.3cm.) Paper label affixed to verso of Bando Art Gallery, Bando Hotel, Seoul NOTES Sookeun's work was widely appreciated by Americans stationed in Seoul after the Korean War. Now it is prized by Korean collectors and museums as well. The Bando Gallery in the Choson Hotel in Seoul began exhibiting his paintings in 1956, selling them for a nominal sum to clients who were predominately Americans. The artist's career was cut short by his premature death at the age of fifty-one in 1965. During the past eight years, since Christie's, New York began selling his work, he has become the most sought-after modern Korean master. Eleven paintings by Park Sookeun have been sold at Christie's: Farmers, 27 April, 1993, lot 45; Dancers, 17 November, 1993, lot 121; Woman beneath a tree, 27 April, 1994, lot 101; Country village, 25 October, 1994, lot 78; Three woman and child, 26 April, 1995, lot 77; Farmhouses, 26 March, 1996, lot 67; Men smoking, 31 October, 1996, lot 110; The Jobless, 23 March, 1999, lot 311 and 15 October, 2001, lot 333; Mother and child, 15 September, 1999, lot 384; Four women and child, 23 March, 2000, lot 379; Mother and child walking under trees, 19 September, 2000, lot 410.
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