Xu Beihong
Put Down Your Whip
Found at
Sothebys,
Hong Kong
Contemporary Chinese Art I, Lot 29
7. Apr - 7. Apr 2007
Contemporary Chinese Art I, Lot 29
7. Apr - 7. Apr 2007
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Xu Beihong 1895-1953
1895-1953
PUT DOWN YOUR WHIP
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Signed in Chinese: Well respected heroine, Wang Yin; October 1939, Singapore, by Beihong.
Oil on canvas, framed
144 by 90 cm. 56 3/4 by 35 3/8 in.
1895-1953
PUT DOWN YOUR WHIP
THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS (MARKED ) ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE THE PREMIUM LOT PRE-REGISTRATION 3 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE
Signed in Chinese: Well respected heroine, Wang Yin; October 1939, Singapore, by Beihong.
Oil on canvas, framed
144 by 90 cm. 56 3/4 by 35 3/8 in.
A top price for Xu Beihong
This artwork by Xu Beihong achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Hong Kong in April 2007. In the Contemporary Chinese Art I auction, the work Put Down Your Whip sold for HKD 72,000,000.00 (€ 6,741,434.85) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 40,000,000.00. This high result makes Put Down Your Whip the most expensive artwork by Xu Beihong that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Xu Beihong
Dieses Kunstwerk von Xu Beihong erzielte im April 2007 bei Sothebys in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Chinese Art I wurde die Arbeit Put Down Your Whip für HKD 72.000.000,00 (€ 6.741.434,85) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 40.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Put Down Your Whip zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Xu Beihong, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Xu Beihong - Auction history
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