Sanyu
Kitten Clambering up a Chair; & Nude (double-sided)
Estimate: 10.000.000 - 18.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 20.945.000 HKD
Price realised: 20.945.000 HKD
Description
SANYU (CHANG YU, 1895–1966)
Kitten Clambering up a Chair; & Nude (double-sided)
signed in Chinese and signed ‘SANYU’ (front; lower right); signed in Chinese and signed ‘SANYU’ (reverse; lower right)
oil on masonite in the original artist frame (front); oil on paper laid on masonite (reverse)
image: 50.7 x 33.4 cm (20 x 13 1/8 in.)
framed: 51.1 x 34.7 cm. (20 1/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
Painted in the 1930s
Kitten Clambering up a Chair; & Nude (double-sided)
signed in Chinese and signed ‘SANYU’ (front; lower right); signed in Chinese and signed ‘SANYU’ (reverse; lower right)
oil on masonite in the original artist frame (front); oil on paper laid on masonite (reverse)
image: 50.7 x 33.4 cm (20 x 13 1/8 in.)
framed: 51.1 x 34.7 cm. (20 1/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
Painted in the 1930s
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Kitten Clambering up a Chair; & Nude (double-sided) by Sanyu was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in May this year. It achieved a price of HKD 20,945,000.00 (€ 2,510,490.43), 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 Sanyu achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Five Nudes in November 2019 with an auction result of HKD 303,985,000.00 (€ 35,256,632.18).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit Kitten Clambering up a Chair; & Nude (double-sided) von Sanyu kam im Mai diesen Jahres bei Christies in Hong Kong zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 20.945.000,00 (€ 2.510.490,43) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 16%. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Sanyu erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Five Nudes im November 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 303.985.000,00 (€ 35.256.632,18).