Chen Wen Hsi
Pasar (Market)
Found at
Sothebys,
Hong Kong
Sotheby's Hong Kong 40th Anniversary Evening Sale, Lot 38
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2013
Sotheby's Hong Kong 40th Anniversary Evening Sale, Lot 38
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2013
Estimate: 4.000.000 - 6.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 13.240.000 HKD
Price realised: 13.240.000 HKD
Description
Chen Wen Hsi
1906-1992
PASAR (MARKET)
Signed
Oil on board
130 by 104.5 cm.; 51 by 41 in.
Executed circa 1950s.
1906-1992
PASAR (MARKET)
Signed
Oil on board
130 by 104.5 cm.; 51 by 41 in.
Executed circa 1950s.
A top price for Chen Wen Hsi
This artwork by Chen Wen Hsi achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Hong Kong in October 2013. In the Sotheby's Hong Kong 40th Anniversary Evening Sale auction, the work Pasar (Market) sold for HKD 13,240,000.00 (€ 1,256,407.24) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 6,000,000.00. This high result makes Pasar (Market) the most expensive artwork by Chen Wen Hsi that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Chen Wen Hsi
Dieses Kunstwerk von Chen Wen Hsi erzielte im Oktober 2013 bei Sothebys in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Sotheby's Hong Kong 40th Anniversary Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Pasar (Market) für HKD 13.240.000,00 (€ 1.256.407,24) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 6.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Pasar (Market) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Chen Wen Hsi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Chen Wen Hsi - Auction history
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