Long Chin-San
Cross-Island Highway
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 HKD
Price realised: 812.500 HKD
Price realised: 812.500 HKD
Description
Long Chin-San
CROSS-ISLAND HIGHWAY
executed in 1962
inscribed, signed and dated in Chinese, stamped with the artist's seal
gelatin silver print
34.2 by 49.4 cm; 13 1/2 by 19 3/8 in.
Important Private Asian Collection
CROSS-ISLAND HIGHWAY
executed in 1962
inscribed, signed and dated in Chinese, stamped with the artist's seal
gelatin silver print
34.2 by 49.4 cm; 13 1/2 by 19 3/8 in.
Important Private Asian Collection
A top price for Long Chin-San
This artwork by Long Chin-San achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Hong Kong in April 2017. In the Moments of Flash auction, the work Cross-Island Highway sold for HKD 812,500.00 (€ 95,904.08) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 300,000.00. This high result makes Cross-Island Highway the most expensive artwork by Long Chin-San that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Long Chin-San
Dieses Kunstwerk von Long Chin-San erzielte im April 2017 bei Sothebys in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Moments of Flash wurde die Arbeit Cross-Island Highway für HKD 812.500,00 (€ 95.904,08) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 300.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Cross-Island Highway zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Long Chin-San, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.