Fernando Zóbel
Saeta 23, Generalife
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) / Contemporaries: Voices from East and West (Evening Sale), Lot 5
26.Mai - 26.Mai.2018
Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) / Contemporaries: Voices from East and West (Evening Sale), Lot 5
26.Mai - 26.Mai.2018
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.500.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.740.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.740.000 HKD
Description
signed 'Zobel' (lower right); signed, dated, titled and inscribed ‘SAETA XXIII Generalife Julio 1957, Para Sergia y Billy Abueva, Zobel, Sept 1957’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
61 x 127 cm. (24 x 50 in.)
Painted in 1957
Gifted to Napoleón Abueva and his wife Sergia on the occasion of their wedding | Acquired from the above by the present owner | Private Collection, Asia
oil on canvas
61 x 127 cm. (24 x 50 in.)
Painted in 1957
Gifted to Napoleón Abueva and his wife Sergia on the occasion of their wedding | Acquired from the above by the present owner | Private Collection, Asia
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In May 2018 Christies in Hong Kong held the auction Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) / Contemporaries: Voices from East and West (Evening Sale), which included the work Saeta 23, Generalife by Fernando Zóbel. Here, the upper estimate of HKD 2,500,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for HKD 2,740,000.00 (€ 299,357.33). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Fernando Zóbel - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Retiro, which sold at auction in June 2021 for EUR 859,500.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im Mai 2018 führte Christies in Hong Kong die Auktion Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) / Contemporaries: Voices from East and West (Evening Sale) durch, in der auch die Arbeit Saeta 23, Generalife von Fernando Zóbel zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von HKD 2.500.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für HKD 2.740.000,00 (€ 299.357,33) einen neuen Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Fernando Zóbel mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Retiro beobachtet, die im Juni 2021 für EUR 859.500,00 versteigert wurde.
Fernando Zóbel - Auction history
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