Ku Fu-Sheng
Fallen
Estimate: 40.000 - 80.000 HKD
Price realised: 125.000 HKD
Price realised: 125.000 HKD
Description
Ku Fu-Sheng
1935-2017
FALLEN
executed in 1964
signed in Pinyin and stamped with the artist's seal
oil on canvas
127 by 102 cm; 50 by 40 ⅛ in.
Eslite Gallery, Taipei | Acquired directly from the above by the present private Asian collector
1935-2017
FALLEN
executed in 1964
signed in Pinyin and stamped with the artist's seal
oil on canvas
127 by 102 cm; 50 by 40 ⅛ in.
Eslite Gallery, Taipei | Acquired directly from the above by the present private Asian collector
Upper estimate price exceeded by 56 %.
The work Fallen by Ku Fu-Sheng was auctioned at Sothebys in Hong Kong in October 2019. It achieved a price of HKD 125,000.00 (€ 14,287.32), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 56%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ku Fu-Sheng - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Sitting High(Painted In 1960), which sold at auction in March 2019 for HKD 330,400.00 (€ 37,489.28).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 56 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Fallen von Ku Fu-Sheng kam im Oktober 2019 bei Sothebys in Hong Kong zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 125.000,00 (€ 14.287,32) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 56%. Für andere Arbeiten von Ku Fu-Sheng mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Sitting High(Painted In 1960) beobachtet, die im März 2019 für HKD 330.400,00 (€ 37.489,28) versteigert wurde.
Ku Fu-Sheng - Auction history
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