Fernando Zóbel
Puente de Manila (Manila Bridge)
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) / Contemporaries: Voices from East and West (Evening Sale), Lot 6
26.Mai - 26.Mai.2018
Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) / Contemporaries: Voices from East and West (Evening Sale), Lot 6
26.Mai - 26.Mai.2018
Estimate: 1.200.000 - 1.800.000 HKD
Price realised: 4.300.000 HKD
Price realised: 4.300.000 HKD
Description
signed ‘Zóbel’ and dated ‘7.56’ (upper left)
oil on canvas
61 x 91.5 cm. (24 x 36 in.)
Painted in 1956
Acquired directly from the artist in the 1950s by the previous owner | Thence by descent to the present owner | Private Collection, Spain
oil on canvas
61 x 91.5 cm. (24 x 36 in.)
Painted in 1956
Acquired directly from the artist in the 1950s by the previous owner | Thence by descent to the present owner | Private Collection, Spain
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Fernando Zóbel achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2018. In the Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) / Contemporaries: Voices from East and West (Evening Sale) auction, the work Puente de Manila (Manila Bridge) sold for HKD 4,300,000.00 (€ 469,794.34) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 1,800,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Fernando Zóbel; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Retiro sold at auction in June 2021 with the realized price of EUR 859,500.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Fernando Zóbel erzielte im Mai 2018 bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) / Contemporaries: Voices from East and West (Evening Sale) wurde die Arbeit Puente de Manila (Manila Bridge) für HKD 4.300.000,00 (€ 469.794,34) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 1.800.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Fernando Zóbel; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Retiro im Juni 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von EUR 859.500,00.
Fernando Zóbel - Auction history
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