Li Gemin
Washing Horse
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1649
19.Nov - 26.Nov.2018
Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 1649
19.Nov - 26.Nov.2018
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 HKD
Price realised: 75.000 HKD
Price realised: 75.000 HKD
Description
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
115 x 45.5 cm. (45 ¼ x 17 ⅞ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated autumn, twenty-ninth year (of the Republic, 1940)
Dedicated to Xianghua (General Zhang Fakui)
General Zhang Fakui (1896-1980), born in Guangdong province, was Second Lieutenant General in the Army of the Nationalist Party of China. He was an active participant during the Sino-Japanese war and had a prominent career in the army. He was successively appointed as Group Army Commander in Chief, Army Corp Commander in Chief and Military Region Commander in Chief. After the war, he was appointed a member of the Presidential Strategic Advisory Board. In March 1949, he became the Army Chief, but
115 x 45.5 cm. (45 ¼ x 17 ⅞ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated autumn, twenty-ninth year (of the Republic, 1940)
Dedicated to Xianghua (General Zhang Fakui)
General Zhang Fakui (1896-1980), born in Guangdong province, was Second Lieutenant General in the Army of the Nationalist Party of China. He was an active participant during the Sino-Japanese war and had a prominent career in the army. He was successively appointed as Group Army Commander in Chief, Army Corp Commander in Chief and Military Region Commander in Chief. After the war, he was appointed a member of the Presidential Strategic Advisory Board. In March 1949, he became the Army Chief, but
A top price for Li Gemin
When the work Washing Horse by Li Gemin was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in November 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 18,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at HKD 75,000.00 (€ 8,465.07). This high result makes Washing Horse the most expensive artwork by Li Gemin that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Li Gemin
Als die Arbeit Washing Horse von Li Gemin im November 2018 bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 18.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 75.000,00 (€ 8.465,07) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Washing Horse zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Li Gemin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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