Ling Jian
Communist Sisters: Tears of Idealism No. 2
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 163.250 GBP
Price realised: 163.250 GBP
Description
2007
Oil and acrylic on canvas.
190 x 300 cm. (74 3/4 x 118 1/8 in).
Signed and dated 'Ling Jian [in Chinese and English] 2007' on the reverse.
Private collection
Oil and acrylic on canvas.
190 x 300 cm. (74 3/4 x 118 1/8 in).
Signed and dated 'Ling Jian [in Chinese and English] 2007' on the reverse.
Private collection
A top price for Ling Jian
This artwork by Ling Jian achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in London in June 2008. In the Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work Communist Sisters: Tears of Idealism No. 2 sold for GBP 163,250.00 (€ 206,353.47) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 80,000.00. This high result makes Communist Sisters: Tears of Idealism No. 2 the most expensive artwork by Ling Jian that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ling Jian
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ling Jian erzielte im Juni 2008 bei Phillips in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Communist Sisters: Tears of Idealism No. 2 für GBP 163.250,00 (€ 206.353,47) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 80.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Communist Sisters: Tears of Idealism No. 2 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ling Jian, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ling Jian - Auction history
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