Chen Chi
Drinking and drinking
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
Description
Chen Chi (American/Chinese, 1912-2005)
Drinking and drinking
signed and dated 'CHEN CHI 1954' (lower right) and inscribed with Chinese characters (right edge)
watercolor, pastel, gouache and metallic pigment on paper laid down on masonite
13 x 52 in. (33 x 132 cm.)
Executed in 1954.
Drinking and drinking
signed and dated 'CHEN CHI 1954' (lower right) and inscribed with Chinese characters (right edge)
watercolor, pastel, gouache and metallic pigment on paper laid down on masonite
13 x 52 in. (33 x 132 cm.)
Executed in 1954.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 63 %.
The work Drinking and drinking by Chen Chi was sold in the Interiors auction at Christies in New York in July 2014. The »bidding war« ended at USD 8,125.00 (€ 6,067.96), 63% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Chen Chi have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Flying Geese in April 2021 with an auction result of HKD 302,400.00 (€ 32,376.66).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 63 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Drinking and drinking von Chen Chi wurde im Juli 2014 in der Auktion Interiors bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 8.125,00 (€ 6.067,96) und damit 63% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Chen Chi auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Flying Geese im April 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 302.400,00 (€ 32.376,66).
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