Rhee Seundja
Sous L'Écorce Vive
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
20th and 21st Century Art Afternoon Session, Lot 255
25. May - 25. May 2021
20th and 21st Century Art Afternoon Session, Lot 255
25. May - 25. May 2021
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.875.000 HKD
Price realised: 1.875.000 HKD
Description
Rhee Seundja (1918-2009)
signed and dated 'SEUND JA RHEE 63' (lower right); titled and inscribed 'Sous l'écorce vive A Jean Claude et Danielle Molinari Pour éternelle amitié 20 Août 1979 Seund Ja Rhee' (on the reverse); inscribed '6330F213' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm. (36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.)
Painted in 1963
Collection of the artist | Private Collection, France (gifted in 1979 by the artist when present owner was a curator at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris)
signed and dated 'SEUND JA RHEE 63' (lower right); titled and inscribed 'Sous l'écorce vive A Jean Claude et Danielle Molinari Pour éternelle amitié 20 Août 1979 Seund Ja Rhee' (on the reverse); inscribed '6330F213' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm. (36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.)
Painted in 1963
Collection of the artist | Private Collection, France (gifted in 1979 by the artist when present owner was a curator at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Rhee Seundja achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2021. In the 20th and 21st Century Art Afternoon Session auction, the work Sous L'Écorce Vive sold for HKD 1,875,000.00 (€ 198,201.98) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 800,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Rhee Seundja - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Subitement la loi (A Sudden Law), which sold at auction in May last year for HKD 5,670,000.00 (€ 673,150.68).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Rhee Seundja erzielte im Mai 2021 bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 20th and 21st Century Art Afternoon Session wurde die Arbeit Sous L'Écorce Vive für HKD 1.875.000,00 (€ 198.201,98) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 800.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Rhee Seundja mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Subitement la loi (A Sudden Law) beobachtet, die im Mai letzten Jahres für HKD 5.670.000,00 (€ 673.150,68) versteigert wurde.
Rhee Seundja - Auction history
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