Le Pho
Fleurs (Flowers)
Estimate: 280.000 - 380.000 HKD
Price realised: 819.000 HKD
Price realised: 819.000 HKD
Description
LE PHO (1907 – 2001)
Fleurs (Flowers)
signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (lower left); signed, titled and inscribed ‘LE PHO Fleurs WF BH W. F. Findlay’ (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
73 x 92 cm. (28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in.)
Painted circa 1970
Fleurs (Flowers)
signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (lower left); signed, titled and inscribed ‘LE PHO Fleurs WF BH W. F. Findlay’ (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
73 x 92 cm. (28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in.)
Painted circa 1970
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Le Pho achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Shanghai in September this year. In the 20th/21st Century Art Sale auction, the work Fleurs (Flowers) sold for HKD 819,000.00 (€ 98,815.48) - 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 September diesen Jahres bei Christies in Shanghai einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 20th/21st Century Art Sale wurde die Arbeit Fleurs (Flowers) für HKD 819.000,00 (€ 98.815,48) 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).