Le Pho
Les fleuristes (The Florists)
Estimate: 600.000 - 900.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.071.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.071.000 HKD
Description
LE PHO (1907-2001)
Les fleuristes (The Florists)
signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (lower right); titled and inscribed ‘Galeries Findlay N.Y. Les Fleuristes’ (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
81 x 100 cm. (31 7/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
Painted circa 1970
Les fleuristes (The Florists)
signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (lower right); titled and inscribed ‘Galeries Findlay N.Y. Les Fleuristes’ (on the reverse); gallery label affixed (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
81 x 100 cm. (31 7/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
Painted circa 1970
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Les fleuristes (The Florists) 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 1,071,000.00 (€ 128,371.22), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 19%. 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 fleuristes (The Florists) 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 1.071.000,00 (€ 128.371,22) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 19%. 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).