The art collection of German curator Kasper König brought €6 million ($6.5 million) at an auction in Cologne.
Rudolf Hans König, better known as Kasper König, was a prominent name in the German art scene. Born in 1943, König started working at museums when he was just 20 years old. He worked in various museums during his career, rising from intern to curator. He curated exhibitions for names like Andy Warhol, On Kawara, and Donald Judd. He founded the Skulptur Projekte Munster – a decennial outdoor sculpture exhibition. König also co-founded the art publishing house Walther König Verlag.
Kasper König died this August at the age of 80. Before his death, he had donated 50 artworks from his collection to Museum Ludwig, where he served as director for over a decade. He also worked with the Van Ham auction house in Cologne to auction off 400 more works from his collection after his death.
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On October 1 and 2, the Van Ham auction house organized the sale titled “The Kasper König Collection — His Private Choice”. The collection primarily had works from mid-19th century American and European artists. The highlight of the auction were the two works from Japanese artist On Kawara. One of them, ‘May 7, 1967’, ended up being sold for €1.06 million (including fees). ‘Lady Be Good’ by William Copley was sold for €172,000.
