Su Tianci
A Peaceful Stream(Painted In 1990)
Found at
China Guardian,
Hong Kong
Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Lot 818
2. Oct - 2. Oct 2017
Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Lot 818
2. Oct - 2. Oct 2017
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 HKD
Price realised: 684.400 HKD
Price realised: 684.400 HKD
Description
Oil on canvas
55×55 cm 21 5/8×21 5/8 in
Signed in Chinese and dated on bottom right
LITERATURE
1994, Selected Collection of Ren Weiyin and Su Tianci, Chuang Yi Tang Art Agency, Taipei, p.61
Caves Art Center， Taipei | Private collection， AsiaTranquility and natural lyricism - this is what first-generation Chinese oil painter Su Tianci has always aimed for， creating new， yet traditionally “oriental” pieces of art. A teaching assistant for the Lin Fengmian studio at Hangzhou National Art College since 1948 and a true pioneer in the field， with a great zeal for the outdoors， Su set out from China’s southwest （specifically， Yunnan and Guizhou） and headed north， to Gansu and Xinjiang， to admire the nature there and paint what he saw. His broad experience of diverse characteristic landscapes was undoubtedly what allowed Su to develop his own sophisticated
55×55 cm 21 5/8×21 5/8 in
Signed in Chinese and dated on bottom right
LITERATURE
1994, Selected Collection of Ren Weiyin and Su Tianci, Chuang Yi Tang Art Agency, Taipei, p.61
Caves Art Center， Taipei | Private collection， AsiaTranquility and natural lyricism - this is what first-generation Chinese oil painter Su Tianci has always aimed for， creating new， yet traditionally “oriental” pieces of art. A teaching assistant for the Lin Fengmian studio at Hangzhou National Art College since 1948 and a true pioneer in the field， with a great zeal for the outdoors， Su set out from China’s southwest （specifically， Yunnan and Guizhou） and headed north， to Gansu and Xinjiang， to admire the nature there and paint what he saw. His broad experience of diverse characteristic landscapes was undoubtedly what allowed Su to develop his own sophisticated
Upper estimate price exceeded by 96 %.
This artwork by Su Tianci achieved an unexpectedly high price at China Guardian in Hong Kong in October 2017. In the Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art auction, the work A Peaceful Stream(Painted In 1990) sold for HKD 684,400.00 (€ 75,326.30) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 350,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Su Tianci; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Bamboo Landscape sold at auction in April 2013 with the realized price of HKD 1,265,000.00 (€ 123,829.36).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 96 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Su Tianci erzielte im Oktober 2017 bei China Guardian in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art wurde die Arbeit A Peaceful Stream(Painted In 1990) für HKD 684.400,00 (€ 75.326,30) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 350.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Su Tianci; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Bamboo Landscape im April 2013 mit dem Hammerpreis von HKD 1.265.000,00 (€ 123.829,36).
Su Tianci - Auction history
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