Li Xiaoke
Homeland
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.500.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.960.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.960.000 HKD
Description
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink on paper
96.6 x 180 cm. (38 x 70 7/8 in.)
Executed in 2012
“Ink Wash Homeland is a theme that resonated deeply with me and that I frequently return to over the years. For many places that are historical, cultural, those related to our experience and connected with our emotions, may vanish before we realise it. The courtyard houses in Beijing, hutong, willows under the wall, the red walls outside the Imperial city, and the boulevards shaded by old locust trees…all these sceneries affect our thoughts and emotions; we become emotionally reliant upon th
For Li Xiaoke, the concept of homeland suggests both the tangible environment one inhabits, and the intangible, traditional culture which one learns and embraces. Both interpretations offer the artist enormous space for imagination and expression. The artist’s fond memories of growing up in a hutong with artists from his father’s generation such as Wu Guanzhong, Zhang Ding, and Huang Yongyu provide great creative fuel for his Ink Wash Homeland series of nostalgic portraits depicting Beijing
Ink on paper
96.6 x 180 cm. (38 x 70 7/8 in.)
Executed in 2012
“Ink Wash Homeland is a theme that resonated deeply with me and that I frequently return to over the years. For many places that are historical, cultural, those related to our experience and connected with our emotions, may vanish before we realise it. The courtyard houses in Beijing, hutong, willows under the wall, the red walls outside the Imperial city, and the boulevards shaded by old locust trees…all these sceneries affect our thoughts and emotions; we become emotionally reliant upon th
For Li Xiaoke, the concept of homeland suggests both the tangible environment one inhabits, and the intangible, traditional culture which one learns and embraces. Both interpretations offer the artist enormous space for imagination and expression. The artist’s fond memories of growing up in a hutong with artists from his father’s generation such as Wu Guanzhong, Zhang Ding, and Huang Yongyu provide great creative fuel for his Ink Wash Homeland series of nostalgic portraits depicting Beijing
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Homeland by Li Xiaoke was sold in the Chinese Contemporary Ink auction at Christies in Hong Kong in November 2015. The price achieved of HKD 1,960,000.00 (€ 239,386.48) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as HKD 1,500,000.00 – 2,500,000.00. Other works by Li Xiaoke have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in October 2015 the work Homeland was auctioned for HKD 2,360,000.00 (€ 275,710.92).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Homeland von Li Xiaoke wurde im November 2015 in der Auktion Chinese Contemporary Ink bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von HKD 1.960.000,00 (€ 239.386,48) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit HKD 1.500.000,00 – 2.500.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Li Xiaoke konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Oktober 2015 die Arbeit Homeland für HKD 2.360.000,00 (€ 275.710,92) versteigert.
Li Xiaoke - Auction history
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