Kao Yu
Fertilized Egg
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 HKD
Price realised: 237.500 HKD
Price realised: 237.500 HKD
Description
KAO YU
(GAO YU, B. 1981)
Fertilized Egg
signed in Chinese; inscribed 'for GG' in English; dated '2003.12' (lower left); signed, titled and inscribed in Chinese; dated '2003.12' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
120 x 140 cm. (47 1/4 x 55 1/8 in.)
Painted in 2003
(GAO YU, B. 1981)
Fertilized Egg
signed in Chinese; inscribed 'for GG' in English; dated '2003.12' (lower left); signed, titled and inscribed in Chinese; dated '2003.12' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
120 x 140 cm. (47 1/4 x 55 1/8 in.)
Painted in 2003
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Fertilized Egg by Kao Yu was worth HKD 237,500.00 (€ 20,433.17) to a buyer in November 2009. This price was achieved in the auction Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale) at Christies in Hong Kong and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of HKD 70,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Kao Yu - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Milky Way Hero, which sold at auction in May 2014 for HKD 562,500.00 (€ 53,198.31).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Fertilized Egg von Kao Yu war einem Käufer im November 2009 HKD 237.500,00 (€ 20.433,17) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale) bei Christies in Hong Kong erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 70.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Kao Yu mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Milky Way Hero beobachtet, die im Mai 2014 für HKD 562.500,00 (€ 53.198,31) versteigert wurde.
Kao Yu - Auction history
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