Hubret · Vos

Gifts From Empress Cixi II

Found at China Guardian, Hong Kong
20 Century and Contemporary Chinese Art, Lot 786
6. Apr - 6. Apr 2015
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 HKD
Price realised: 402.500 HKD
Oil on canvas
72.2 x 61 cm.28 3/8 x 24 in.
Signed and dated 1934 on the lower right
LITERATURE Art of Asia Publication Ltd, Hong Kong, Arts of Asia, January - February Issue 2015, plate 10, p117.
PROVENANCE Private Collection, U.S.
HUBRET· VOS
(1855-1935)
Born in Maastricht, the Netherlands, Herbert·Vos studied at the prestigious Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Belgium, and studied under the famous artist Jean-François Portaels. At a fair for contemporary masters held in Amsterdam in 1887, Vos received a gold medal for two of his oil paintings and was catapulted as one of the finest Dutch portraitists. Far from being complacent, the artist decided to roam the world making portraits
In 1905 on his second visit to China, Vos realized his dream from six years earlier by becoming the first ever male painter from the West to make a portrait for the Empress Dowager Cixi. The sitter was so pleased with what she saw that she took the trouble of learning to speak “very good” in English from the courtier Wu Tingfang and personally commended the portraitist. The masterpiece is now housed in the Wenchang Gallery inside the Summer P
These exquisite works of art that exemplify Chinese craftsmanship at its best provided the painter with important subject matters for his late-year still-lifes. In the belief that poetry springs from inanimate objects, Vos dedicated himself to painting Chinoiserie or Chinese ceramics and furniture. In 1972, the French government acquired a still life by Vos and hung it inside Palais du Luxembourg, the highest honour and recognition that France had ever formally given to an American artist.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 34 %.

In April 2015 China Guardian in Hong Kong held the auction 20 Century and Contemporary Chinese Art, which included the work Gifts From Empress Cixi II by Hubert Vos. The »bidding war« ended at HKD 402,500.00 (€ 46,517.20), 34% above the upper estimate. Other works by Hubert Vos have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of HKD 667,000.00 (€ 77,085.65) in April 2015 for the work Gifts From Empress Cixi I.

Oberer Schätzpreis um 34 % übertroffen

Im April 2015 führte China Guardian in Hong Kong die Auktion 20 Century and Contemporary Chinese Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Gifts From Empress Cixi II von Hubert Vos zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von HKD 402.500,00 (€ 46.517,20) und damit 34% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Hubert Vos haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von HKD 667.000,00 (€ 77.085,65) im April 2015 für die Arbeit Gifts From Empress Cixi I beobachtet.

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