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- Two Ducks
Xu Beihong
Two Ducks
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings, Lot 1118
1. Dec - 1. Dec 2023
Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings, Lot 1118
1. Dec - 1. Dec 2023
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 3.276.000 HKD
Price realised: 3.276.000 HKD
Description
XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)
Two Ducks
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
109.5 x 48.2 cm. (43 1⁄8 x 19 in.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated summer, renshen year (1932)
Dedicated to Tian’en
NOTE:
The dedication refers to Huang Tian’en, the sixth son of Huang Yizhu (1868-1945), a sugar magnate in Indonesia. The Huang family was influential in the early 20th century and supported the establishment of banks and public service institutions in Xiamen. In 1921, Huang Yizhu also founded the China & South Sea Bank.
In 1930, Xu Beihong published an article in The Young Companion magazine: “Upon departing Paris, I stopped by Singapore in the autumn of 1925, where I frequently met with tycoons Chen Jiageng and Huang Tian’en.” Xu also gifted a painting titled Honeymoon to Huang Tian’en and his wife; the painting is now in the collection at the Xu Beihong Memorial Museum in Beijing.
Two Ducks
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
109.5 x 48.2 cm. (43 1⁄8 x 19 in.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated summer, renshen year (1932)
Dedicated to Tian’en
NOTE:
The dedication refers to Huang Tian’en, the sixth son of Huang Yizhu (1868-1945), a sugar magnate in Indonesia. The Huang family was influential in the early 20th century and supported the establishment of banks and public service institutions in Xiamen. In 1921, Huang Yizhu also founded the China & South Sea Bank.
In 1930, Xu Beihong published an article in The Young Companion magazine: “Upon departing Paris, I stopped by Singapore in the autumn of 1925, where I frequently met with tycoons Chen Jiageng and Huang Tian’en.” Xu also gifted a painting titled Honeymoon to Huang Tian’en and his wife; the painting is now in the collection at the Xu Beihong Memorial Museum in Beijing.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Two Ducks by Xu Beihong was sold in the Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings auction at Christies in Hong Kong in December this year. Here, the upper estimate of HKD 3,000,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for HKD 3,276,000.00 (€ 379,070.69). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Xu Beihong achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Put Down Your Whip in April 2007 with an auction result of HKD 72,000,000.00 (€ 6,741,434.85).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit Two Ducks von Xu Beihong wurde im Dezember diesen Jahres in der Auktion Fine Chinese Modern and Contemporary Ink Paintings bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von HKD 3.000.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für HKD 3.276.000,00 (€ 379.070,69) einen neuen Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Xu Beihong erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Put Down Your Whip im April 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 72.000.000,00 (€ 6.741.434,85).