Rong Rong
Rong Rong'S East Village 1993-1998 (Set Of Forty)
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 HKD
Price realised: 437.500 HKD
Price realised: 437.500 HKD
Description
Rong Rong
B. 1968
RONG RONG'S EAST VILLAGE 1993-1998 (SET OF FORTY)
each signed in Chinese and Pinyin, and numbered 27/38; accompanied by a book by Wu Hung, entitled Rong Rong's East Village, 1993-1998, and protective iron box
gelatin silver print, iron box and book
each print, 40 by 45cm.; 15¾ by 17¾ in.
box, 46.5 (H) by 48.5 by 6cm.; 18⅜ (H) by 19⅛ by 2⅜ in.
B. 1968
RONG RONG'S EAST VILLAGE 1993-1998 (SET OF FORTY)
each signed in Chinese and Pinyin, and numbered 27/38; accompanied by a book by Wu Hung, entitled Rong Rong's East Village, 1993-1998, and protective iron box
gelatin silver print, iron box and book
each print, 40 by 45cm.; 15¾ by 17¾ in.
box, 46.5 (H) by 48.5 by 6cm.; 18⅜ (H) by 19⅛ by 2⅜ in.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Rong Rong achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Hong Kong in April 2014. In the Contemporary Asian Art auction, the work Rong Rong'S East Village 1993-1998 (Set Of Forty) sold for HKD 437,500.00 (€ 40,690.34) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 200,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Rong Rong; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Rong Rong'S East Village, 1993-1998 (Set Of Forty Prints) sold at auction in October 2010 with the realized price of HKD 475,000.00 (€ 44,101.77).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Rong Rong erzielte im April 2014 bei Sothebys in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Asian Art wurde die Arbeit Rong Rong'S East Village 1993-1998 (Set Of Forty) für HKD 437.500,00 (€ 40.690,34) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 200.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Rong Rong; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Rong Rong'S East Village, 1993-1998 (Set Of Forty Prints) im Oktober 2010 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 475.000,00 (€ 44.101,77).
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