Lee Man Fong
Before Departure
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.400.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.400.000 HKD
Description
LEE MAN FONG (1913-1988)
Before Departure
signed in Chinese (lower left); signed and dated 'M. F. Lee 1940' (lower right); dated '1936', dated again and inscribed indistinctly in Chinese (on the reverse)
oil on canvas laid on board
64 x 76 cm. (25 1/4 x 29 7/8 in.)
Painted circa 1936-1940
Before Departure
signed in Chinese (lower left); signed and dated 'M. F. Lee 1940' (lower right); dated '1936', dated again and inscribed indistinctly in Chinese (on the reverse)
oil on canvas laid on board
64 x 76 cm. (25 1/4 x 29 7/8 in.)
Painted circa 1936-1940
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Lee Man Fong could be acquired at Christies in Hong Kong in November last year for an unexpectedly low price. In the 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale auction, the work Before Departure changed hands for HKD 1,400,000.00 (€ 173,728.57) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of HKD 2,000,000.00 – 3,000,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Lee Man Fong achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Bali Life in October 2014 with an auction result of HKD 33,720,000.00 (€ 3,471,572.23).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Lee Man Fong konnte im November letzten Jahres bei Christies in Hong Kong für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale wechselte die Arbeit Before Departure für HKD 1.400.000,00 (€ 173.728,57) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von HKD 2.000.000,00 – 3.000.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Lee Man Fong erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Bali Life im Oktober 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 33.720.000,00 (€ 3.471.572,23).
Lee Man Fong - Auction history
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