Le Pho
Fleurs (Flowers)
Estimate: 280.000 - 380.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.008.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.008.000 HKD
Description
LE PHO (1907-2001)
Fleurs (Flowers)
signed in Chinese and signed again 'Le pho' (lower right); signed 'LE PHO' (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
89 x 116 cm. (35 x 45 5/8 in.)
Painted circa 1975
Fleurs (Flowers)
signed in Chinese and signed again 'Le pho' (lower right); signed 'LE PHO' (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
89 x 116 cm. (35 x 45 5/8 in.)
Painted circa 1975
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Le Pho achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in May this year. In the 20th Century Art Day Sale auction, the work Fleurs (Flowers) sold for HKD 1,008,000.00 (€ 120,819.97) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 380,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Le Pho achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Figures in a garden in April last year with an auction result of HKD 17,920,000.00 (€ 2,166,658.44).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Le Pho erzielte im Mai diesen Jahres bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 20th Century Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Fleurs (Flowers) für HKD 1.008.000,00 (€ 120.819,97) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 380.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Le Pho erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Figures in a garden im April letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 17.920.000,00 (€ 2.166.658,44).