Song Kun

Garden of Auspicious Animals

Found at Christies, Hong Kong
20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale, Lot 77
1. Dec - 1. Dec 2021
Estimate: 600.000 - 900.000 HKD
Price realised: 2.375.000 HKD
SONG KUN (B. 1977)
Garden of Auspicious Animals
signed, titled, inscribed in Chinese, inscribed and dated ‘180 x 140 cm 2014’(on the reverse)
oil on canvas
140 x 180 cm. (55 1⁄8 x 70 7⁄8 in.)
Painted in 2014

A top price for Song Kun

This artwork by Song Kun achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in December 2021. In the 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale auction, the work Garden of Auspicious Animals sold for HKD 2,375,000.00 (€ 269,018.38) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 900,000.00. This high result makes Garden of Auspicious Animals the most expensive artwork by Song Kun that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Song Kun

Dieses Kunstwerk von Song Kun erzielte im Dezember 2021 bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Garden of Auspicious Animals für HKD 2.375.000,00 (€ 269.018,38) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 900.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Garden of Auspicious Animals zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Song Kun, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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