Li Wei
Freedegree Over 29Th Story, Soho, Beijing, 2003
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Description
Li Wei (b. 1970)
FREEDEGREE OVER 29TH STORY, SOHO, BEIJING, 2003
C-type, signed and dated in ink on the image lower right. Number 7 in an edition of 8. Framed.
122 x 177 cm (48 x 69¾ in.)
FREEDEGREE OVER 29TH STORY, SOHO, BEIJING, 2003
C-type, signed and dated in ink on the image lower right. Number 7 in an edition of 8. Framed.
122 x 177 cm (48 x 69¾ in.)
A top price for Li Wei
This artwork by Li Wei achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in May 2008. In the Photographs auction, the work Freedegree Over 29Th Story, Soho, Beijing, 2003 sold for GBP 11,250.00 (€ 14,310.49) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. This high result makes Freedegree Over 29Th Story, Soho, Beijing, 2003 the most expensive artwork by Li Wei that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Li Wei
Dieses Kunstwerk von Li Wei erzielte im Mai 2008 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Freedegree Over 29Th Story, Soho, Beijing, 2003 für GBP 11.250,00 (€ 14.310,49) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Freedegree Over 29Th Story, Soho, Beijing, 2003 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Li Wei, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
