Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur De Merpres

Two Women Arranging Flowers in The Interior

Found at Bonhams, Hong Kong
Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art, Lot 36
22. Apr - 22. Apr 2021
Estimate: 1.800.000 - 2.800.000 HKD
Price realised: 14.052.500 HKD
Two Women Arranging Flowers in The Interior
circa 1950
signed; inscribed in the artist's hand Mc Rowan; M I van Bueren on the reverse
oil on canvas in its original hand-carved Balinese frame
75.5 by 91.5 cm.
29 7/8 by 36 1/4 in.
Artist Studio, Bali | Acquired directly from the above in the early to mid-1950s | Private Collection of Isaac van Bueren, Netherlands | Private Collection, Dublin, Ireland (by descent from the above)

Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price

When the work Two Women Arranging Flowers in The Interior by Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur De Merprès was auctioned at Bonhams in Hong Kong in April 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 2,800,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at HKD 14,052,500.00 (€ 1,504,540.32). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur De Merprès - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Women Around the Lotus Pond, which sold at auction in May 2016 for HKD 30,360,000.00 (€ 3,509,054.33).

Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Two Women Arranging Flowers in The Interior von Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur De Merprès im April 2021 bei Bonhams in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 2.800.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 14.052.500,00 (€ 1.504.540,32) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur De Merprès mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Women Around the Lotus Pond beobachtet, die im Mai 2016 für HKD 30.360.000,00 (€ 3.509.054,33) versteigert wurde.

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