Lot 84
Afshin Pirhashemi (Iranian, b. 1974),
‘X-Series’ 2008
Estimate: US$40,000-60,000
Purchase Price: US$122,500
Lot 135
Mahmoud Mokhtar (Egyptian, 1891-1934)
‘Au Bord du Nil (On the Banks of the Nile)’ circa early 1930s
Estimate: US$60,000-80,000
Purchase Price: US$104,500
Sotheby’s Russian Art
22 APR 09
Grand Total (Including Buyer’s Premium): $13,842,175 (£9,446,004)
Sold by Lot: 64.9% Lots Offered: 308
Sold by Value: 71.8% Lots Sold/Unsold: 200 / 108
Lot 8: Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky,
‘Columbus Sailing from Palos’ 1892
Estimate: US$1,000,000 – 1,500,000
Purchase Price: US$1,594,500
Lot 29: Boris Grigoriev
‘Preparing Crepes: A Pair’ circa 1935
Estimate: US$500,000 – 700,000
Purchase Price: US$1,258,500
Lot 57: Alexandre Iacovleff,
‘Samurai’
Estimate: US$85,000 – 125,000
Purchase Price: US$602,500
RECORD FOR A WORK ON PAPER BY THE ARTIST AT AUCTION
Lot 44: Nicholas Roerich
‘Secrets of the Walls’ 1920
Estimate: US$150,000 – 200,000
Purchase Price: US$530,500
Lot 45: Nicholas Roerich
‘Monhegan, Maine (Hope)’ From The Series Ocean, 1922
Estimate: US$250,000 – 350,000
Purchase Price: US$434,500
Lot 27: David Davidovich Burliuk
‘Blue Rider’
Estimate: US$100,000 – 150,000
Purchase Price: US$302,500
Lot 53: Svetoslav Roerich,
‘Three Boddisatvas’ circa 1920s
Estimate: US$60,000 – 80,000
Purchase Price: US$266,500
RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION
Lot 33: Alexander Volkov
‘Morning in Shakhmardan’ 1944
Estimate: US$120,000 – 180,000
Purchase Price: US$218,500
Sotheby’s Hong Kong
Contemporary Asian Art
06 APR 09
Grand Total (Including Buyer’s Premium): 66,434,000 HKD (8,501,559 USD)
Sold by Lot:74.0%
Sold by Value: 81.4%
Lot 677:Zeng Fanzhi
‘Mask Series: Man with Flower’ 1998, oil on canvas
Estimate: HKD 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
Purchase Price: HKD 3,620,000 (463,251 USD)
Lot 709: Huang Yongping
‘Sixty-Year Cycle Chariot’ 1999-2000, copper, iron, wood, cloth
Estimate: HKD 1,000,000 – 1,500,000
Purchase Price: HKD 3,380,000 (432,539 USD)
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Lot 725: Yayoi Kusama
‘Pumpkin’ paint on fibre-reinfored plastic, 2007
Estimate: HKD 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
Sale Price: HKD 2,720,000 (348,078 USD)
***Auction record for a sculpture of the artist ***
Lot 661: Yue Minjun
‘Archaeology’ 2005, oil on canvas
Estimate: HKD 550,000 – 700,000
Purchase Price: HKD 2,060,000 (263,618 USD)
Sotheby’s Hong Kong
20th Century Chinese Art
06 APR 09
Grand Total (Including Buyer’s Premium): 92,693,750 HKD (11,862,019 USD)
Sold by Lot: 80.0%
Sold by Value: 97.9%
Lot 527: Lin Fengmian,
‘Fishing Harvest’ Oil on Canvas
Estimate: HKD 3,000,000 – 3,500,000
Purchase Price: HKD 16,340,000 (2,091,030 USD)
***Auction record for the artist***
Lot 522: Lin Fengmian
‘Chinese Opera Figures: Heroines of the Yangs – Mu Guiying Taking Command’ Oil on Canvas
Estimate: HKD 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
Purchase Price: HKD 8,420,000 (1,077,507 USD)
Lot 525: Chang Yu (Sanyu),
‘Potted Peonies’ circa 1955, oil on isorel
Estimate: HKD 3,300,000 – 3,800,000
Purchase Price: HKD 6,260,000 (801,092 USD)
Lot 526: Zhu Yuanzhi (Yun Gee)
‘The Last Supper’ oil on silk mounted on board, circa early 1930s
Estimate: HKD 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
Purchase Price HKD 6,020,000 (770,379 USD)
***Auction record for the artist***
