Qian Gu
Landscape
Found at
Christies,
New York
Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II, Lot 879
24.Sep - 24.Sep.2020
Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II, Lot 879
24.Sep - 24.Sep.2020
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 500.000 USD
Price realised: 500.000 USD
Description
Handscroll, ink and color on paper
10 ½ x 91 ¾ in. (26.7 x 233 cm.)
Dated spring, second month, renshen year (1572)
One colophon each by Li Zuoxian (1807-1876), with two seals and by Zeng Xi (1861-1930), dated the tenth month of yichou year (1925), with one seal
One titleslip each by Ba Mengjia (18th-19th century), dated jiazi year of the Jiaqing reign (1804), with one seal and by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), dated the fourth month of yichou year (1925)
Ten collector’s seals, including one of Li Zuoxian, two of Lin Erqing (19th-20th century) and two of Xu Jichuan (1900-1990)
Ambassador Jean Daridan (1906-2002) Collection, France, until 1971. | J.C. Moreau-Gobard, Paris, 15 June 1971. | The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
10 ½ x 91 ¾ in. (26.7 x 233 cm.)
Dated spring, second month, renshen year (1572)
One colophon each by Li Zuoxian (1807-1876), with two seals and by Zeng Xi (1861-1930), dated the tenth month of yichou year (1925), with one seal
One titleslip each by Ba Mengjia (18th-19th century), dated jiazi year of the Jiaqing reign (1804), with one seal and by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), dated the fourth month of yichou year (1925)
Ten collector’s seals, including one of Li Zuoxian, two of Lin Erqing (19th-20th century) and two of Xu Jichuan (1900-1990)
Ambassador Jean Daridan (1906-2002) Collection, France, until 1971. | J.C. Moreau-Gobard, Paris, 15 June 1971. | The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
A top price for Qian Gu
When the work Landscape by Qian Gu was auctioned at Christies in New York in September 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 15,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 33 times as high at USD 500,000.00 (€ 426,693.98). This high result makes Landscape the most expensive artwork by Qian Gu that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Qian Gu
Als die Arbeit Landscape von Qian Gu im September 2020 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 15.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 500.000,00 (€ 426.693,98) mehr als 33-mal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Landscape zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Qian Gu, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Qian Gu - Auction history
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