Sanyu
Reading Woman
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 HKD
Price realised: 312.000 HKD
Price realised: 312.000 HKD
Description
Year: Painted circa 1960s
Media: charcoal and ink on paper
Size: 45 x 27.7 cm. (17 1/2 x 11 in.)
Inscription: signed in Chinese; signed 'SANYU' (centre right)
Literature: Sanyu Catalogue Raisonné: Drawings and Watercolours, The Li Ching Cultural and Educational Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, 2014 (USB flash drive, illustrated, plate D2038, p. 87).
Certificate: This work is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Jia Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
Media: charcoal and ink on paper
Size: 45 x 27.7 cm. (17 1/2 x 11 in.)
Inscription: signed in Chinese; signed 'SANYU' (centre right)
Literature: Sanyu Catalogue Raisonné: Drawings and Watercolours, The Li Ching Cultural and Educational Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, 2014 (USB flash drive, illustrated, plate D2038, p. 87).
Certificate: This work is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Jia Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In July last year POLY in Hong Kong held the auction Modern and Contemporary Art Day Sale, which included the work Reading Woman by Sanyu. The »bidding war« ended at HKD 312,000.00 (€ 38,931.19), 25% above the upper estimate. 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
Im Juli letzten Jahres führte POLY in Hong Kong die Auktion Modern and Contemporary Art Day Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Reading Woman von Sanyu zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von HKD 312.000,00 (€ 38.931,19) und damit 25% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. 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).