Opera Figures: Stealing The Royal Horse’ Oil on Canvas
Estimate: HKD 1,000,000 – 1,500,000
Sale Price: HKD 5,540,000 (708,954 USD)
Lot 524: Lin Fengmian
‘Chinese Opera Figures: Autumn River’ Oil on Canvas
Estimate: HKD 1,000,000 – 1,500,000
Purchase Price: HKD 5,540,000 (708,954 USD)
Lot 523: Lin Fengmian
‘Chinese Opera Figures: Heroines of the Yangs’ Oil on Canvas
Estimate: HKD 1,000,000 – 1,500,000
Sale Price: HKD 5,060,000 (647,528 USD)
Lot 559:Wu Guanzhong
‘Pear Tree’ oil on board, 1964
Estimate: HKD 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
Purchase Price: HKD 4,220,000 (540,033 USD)
Lot 545: Zhu Ming
‘Tai Chi Series’ 1991, Copper
Estimate: HKD 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
Purchase Price: HKD 4,100,000 (524,677 USD)
Lily Lee, Sotheby’s Head of 20th Century Chinese Art, commented after the sale: “In this sale we had the privilege of offering a magnificent group of works from a number of notable European, American and Asian private collections – including those of Ambassador Lorenz Petersen and Monsieur and Madame Helle – and as a result a large proportion were entirely fresh to the market and in excellent, original condition. Buyers recognised that such works, which had in some cases been in private collections for over 50 years, offered a rare and unparalleled opportunity and so responded by competing strongly to try and secure them. Eight of the top ten selling works in the sale had never appeared at auction before. We are delighted to have exceeded our pre-sale high estimate by such a comfortable margin and to see 84% of the sold lots realise prices in excess of their high estimates, is extremely heartening for the market. In addition, it was exciting to break the auction record for Lin Fengmian twice in the same sale, first with the HK$8.4 million achieved for Chinese Opera Figures: Heroines of the Yangs (Lot 522) and then with the HK$16.3 million for Fishing Harvest (Lot 527) – which virtually doubled the record set minutes before.”
Sotheby’s Hong Kong
Modern & Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings
05 APR 09
Grand Total (Including Buyer’s Premium):28,445,500 HKD (3,646,858 USD)
Sold by Lot:76.8%
Sold by Value: 86.1%
Lot 58: I Nyoman Masriadi – Negosiasi (Negotiation)
1,700,000 (217,948 USD) 600,000 – 800,000 Asian Private
Lot 92: I Nyoman Masriadi
‘Ingin Menang Harus Curang’ (Want To Win, Must Cheat)
Estimate: HKD 450,000 – 650,000
Purchase Price: HKD 1,580,000 (202,564 USD)
Lot 110: Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès
‘Marché De Légumes’
Estimate: HKD 450,000 – 650,000
Purchase Price: HKD 1,340,000 (171,794 USD)
Lot 119: Affandi
‘Man With Geese
Estimate; HKD 700,000 – 900,000
Purchase Price: HKD 1,220,000 (156,410 USD)
Lot 118: Affandi
‘Man With Cockerel’
Estimate: HKD 625,000 – 825,000
Purchase Price: HKD 1,220,000 (156,410 USD)
Lot 102: Anita Magsaysay-Ho
‘Tuyo Vendors’ (Dried Fish Vendors)
Estimate: HKD 500,000 – 750,000
Purchase Price: HKD 1,040,000 (133,333 USD)
Lot 114: Sudjana Kerton
‘4th Of July’
Estimate: HKD 235,000 – 285,000
Purchase Price: HKD 920,000 (117,948 USD)
