Wu Guanzhong

Scenery of Water Country

Found at Christies, Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings, Lot 1162
2. Dec - 2. Dec 2022
Estimate: 700.000 - 1.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.016.000 HKD
WU GUANZHONG (1919-2010)
Scenery of Water Country
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
34 x 43 cm. (13 3/8 x 16 7/8 in.)
Inscribed, with two seals of the artist
Dated 1983
Further inscribed on the back by the artist
Dated 1988

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Wu Guanzhong achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in December last year. In the Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings auction, the work Scenery of Water Country sold for HKD 2,016,000.00 (€ 241,588.33) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 1,000,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Wu Guanzhong achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Zhou Village in April 2016 with an auction result of HKD 236,000,000.00 (€ 26,588,934.53).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Wu Guanzhong erzielte im Dezember letzten Jahres bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings wurde die Arbeit Scenery of Water Country für HKD 2.016.000,00 (€ 241.588,33) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 1.000.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Wu Guanzhong erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Zhou Village im April 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 236.000.000,00 (€ 26.588.934,53).

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