Chengwu Fei

Chinese Patience

Found at Christies, London
Christie's Interiors, Lot 206
11. May - 11. May 2010
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 13.750 GBP
Chengwu Fei (Chinese, b.1914)
Chinese Patience
signed and dated 'FEI/'48' (lower left) and signed and inscribed 'FEI CHENG-WU/56 UPPER BERKELEY ST./LONDON W1/''CHINESE PATIENCE'''
oil on canvas
31¼ x 25 in. (79.4 x 63.5 cm.)

A top price for Fei Chengwu

When the work Chinese Patience by Fei Chengwu was auctioned at Christies in London in May 2010, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 2,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at GBP 13,750.00 (€ 16,110.03). This high result makes Chinese Patience the most expensive artwork by Fei Chengwu that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Fei Chengwu

Als die Arbeit Chinese Patience von Fei Chengwu im Mai 2010 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 2.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 13.750,00 (€ 16.110,03) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Chinese Patience zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Fei Chengwu, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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