Le Pho
Les Giroflées
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 HKD
Price realised: 256.000 HKD
Price realised: 256.000 HKD
Description
Le Pho (Vietnamese-French, 1907-2001)
Les Giroflées
circa 1960s
signed Le Pho and in Chinese (lower right); titled and inscribed No. 73 Chicago W.F. (reverse)
oil on silk laid on Masonite
35 x 22 cm (13 3/4 x 8 5/8 in)
Wally Findlay galleries label affixed on the reverse.
Wally Findlay Galleries Inc., Chicago, USA | Acquired from the above circa 1967 by the parents of the present owner | Private collection, USA
Les Giroflées
circa 1960s
signed Le Pho and in Chinese (lower right); titled and inscribed No. 73 Chicago W.F. (reverse)
oil on silk laid on Masonite
35 x 22 cm (13 3/4 x 8 5/8 in)
Wally Findlay galleries label affixed on the reverse.
Wally Findlay Galleries Inc., Chicago, USA | Acquired from the above circa 1967 by the parents of the present owner | Private collection, USA
Auction result well in line with expectations
In October this year Bonhams in Hong Kong held the auction Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art, which included the work Les Giroflées by Le Pho. The price achieved of HKD 256,000.00 (€ 30,958.36) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as HKD 200,000.00 – 300,000.00. 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Oktober diesen Jahres führte Bonhams in Hong Kong die Auktion Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Les Giroflées von Le Pho zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von HKD 256.000,00 (€ 30.958,36) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit HKD 200.000,00 – 300.000,00 angegeben worden. 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).