George Rouy

Front Facing

Found at Christies, Hong Kong
21st Century Art Day Sale, Lot 308
1. Dec - 1. Dec 2022
Estimate: 300.000 - 400.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.260.000 HKD
GEORGE ROUY (B. 1994)
Front Facing
signed with artist's initials and dated 'GR 20' (on the overlap)
acrylic on canvas
250 x 180 cm. (99 x 71 in.)
Painted in 2020

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work Front Facing by George Rouy was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in December last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 400,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at HKD 1,260,000.00 (€ 150,992.71). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by George Rouy; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Looking At Me Through Gaps Of Her Toes sold at auction in March this year with the realized price of GBP 162,540.00 (€ 184,920.65).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Front Facing von George Rouy im Dezember letzten Jahres bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 400.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 1.260.000,00 (€ 150.992,71) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von George Rouy; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Looking At Me Through Gaps Of Her Toes im März diesen Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 162.540,00 (€ 184.920,65).

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