Cheong Soo Pieng
Brother and Sister
Found at
Sothebys,
Hong Kong
Modern Evening Auction, Lot 1040
12. APR - 27. APR 2022
Modern Evening Auction, Lot 1040
12. APR - 27. APR 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Property from the Collection of Sir Run Run Shaw
Cheong Soo Pieng
1917 - 1983
Brother and Sister
oil on canvas
signed Soo Pieng in Chinese (lower left); signed Soo Pieng and dated 1976 on the reverse
painted in 1976
99 by 81 cm; 39 by 31 ¾ in.
affixed with a Mandarin Galleries label on the reverse -----------------------------------
Collection of Sir Run Run Shaw | ------------------------------- | 邵逸夫爵士收藏
Cheong Soo Pieng
1917 - 1983
Brother and Sister
oil on canvas
signed Soo Pieng in Chinese (lower left); signed Soo Pieng and dated 1976 on the reverse
painted in 1976
99 by 81 cm; 39 by 31 ¾ in.
affixed with a Mandarin Galleries label on the reverse -----------------------------------
Collection of Sir Run Run Shaw | ------------------------------- | 邵逸夫爵士收藏
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Brother and Sister by Cheong Soo Pieng was auctioned at Sothebys in Hong Kong in April last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 900,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at HKD 3,528,000.00 (€ 426,560.88). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Cheong Soo Pieng - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Nature's Inspiration, which sold at auction in November this year for HKD 11,507,000.00 (€ 1,350,289.70).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Brother and Sister von Cheong Soo Pieng im April letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 900.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 3.528.000,00 (€ 426.560,88) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Cheong Soo Pieng mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Nature's Inspiration beobachtet, die im November diesen Jahres für HKD 11.507.000,00 (€ 1.350.289,70) versteigert wurde.
Cheong Soo Pieng - Auction history
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