Le Pho
Les deux soeurs (The Two Sisters)
Estimate: 450.000 - 650.000 HKD
Price realised: 756.000 HKD
Price realised: 756.000 HKD
Description
LE PHO (1907-2001)
Les deux soeurs (The Two Sisters)
signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le Pho’ (lower right); titled and inscribed ‘G.W.F Findlay N.Y. Les Deux Soeurs’ (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
73.5 x 92.5 cm. (28 7/8 x 36 3/8 in.)
Painted circa 1970s
Les deux soeurs (The Two Sisters)
signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le Pho’ (lower right); titled and inscribed ‘G.W.F Findlay N.Y. Les Deux Soeurs’ (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
73.5 x 92.5 cm. (28 7/8 x 36 3/8 in.)
Painted circa 1970s
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Les deux soeurs (The Two Sisters) by Le Pho was sold in the 20th Century Art Day Sale auction at Christies in Hong Kong in May this year. It achieved a price of HKD 756,000.00 (€ 90,614.98), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 16%. 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 leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit Les deux soeurs (The Two Sisters) von Le Pho wurde im Mai diesen Jahres in der Auktion 20th Century Art Day Sale bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 756.000,00 (€ 90.614,98) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 16%. 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).