Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Fillette au chat (Girl with Cat)
Estimate: 1.800.000 - 2.800.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.520.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.520.000 HKD
Description
LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)
Fillette au chat (Girl with Cat)
signed in Japanese, signed again and dated ‘Foujita 1929’ (lower left);
signed in Japanese, signed again and dated ‘Foujita 1929’ (on the stretcher)
oil and pen and ink on canvas
35 x 26.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
Painted in 1929
Fillette au chat (Girl with Cat)
signed in Japanese, signed again and dated ‘Foujita 1929’ (lower left);
signed in Japanese, signed again and dated ‘Foujita 1929’ (on the stretcher)
oil and pen and ink on canvas
35 x 26.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
Painted in 1929
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May this year Christies in Hong Kong held the auction 20th Century Art Day Sale, which included the work Fillette au chat (Girl with Cat) by Foujita. The price achieved of HKD 2,520,000.00 (€ 302,049.93) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as HKD 1,800,000.00 – 2,800,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Foujita achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work La fête d'anniversaire in October 2018 with an auction result of GBP 7,096,250.00 (€ 8,002,380.76).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai diesen Jahres führte Christies in Hong Kong die Auktion 20th Century Art Day Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Fillette au chat (Girl with Cat) von Foujita zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von HKD 2.520.000,00 (€ 302.049,93) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit HKD 1.800.000,00 – 2.800.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Foujita erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit La fête d'anniversaire im Oktober 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 7.096.250,00 (€ 8.002.380,76).