Sun Mingjing
Zigong Series: Salt Factory Workers No.2
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 CNY
Price realised: 12.980 CNY
Price realised: 12.980 CNY
Description
Sun Mingjing
1911-1992
ZIGONG SERIES: SALT FACTORY WORKERS NO.2
Executed in 1938, printed in 2012, this work is number 1 from an edition of 10.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist's family.
In 1938, to document wartime southwest China, Sun Mingjing traveled to Ziliujing and Gongjing in Sichuan with his cameras. He reported his findings in film, photography, and text, and also produced previous historical photographs of local customs along the Ancient Tea Route in Sichuan and Tibet.
Zigong Series: Salt Factory Workers No. 2
Taken in April, 1938, Salt Factory Workers records the working conditions of salt miners in Zigong. Turning the waterwheels was such exhaustive labour that they sweated profusely even in the coldest winter. Therefore they generally worked without clothing, and because sweat often entered their eyes, they kept sweat-cloths at hand to brush it away. When strangers arrived, they would use them to cover their private parts.
Digital print 50 x 50 cm.
Private Asian collection
1911-1992
ZIGONG SERIES: SALT FACTORY WORKERS NO.2
Executed in 1938, printed in 2012, this work is number 1 from an edition of 10.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist's family.
In 1938, to document wartime southwest China, Sun Mingjing traveled to Ziliujing and Gongjing in Sichuan with his cameras. He reported his findings in film, photography, and text, and also produced previous historical photographs of local customs along the Ancient Tea Route in Sichuan and Tibet.
Zigong Series: Salt Factory Workers No. 2
Taken in April, 1938, Salt Factory Workers records the working conditions of salt miners in Zigong. Turning the waterwheels was such exhaustive labour that they sweated profusely even in the coldest winter. Therefore they generally worked without clothing, and because sweat often entered their eyes, they kept sweat-cloths at hand to brush it away. When strangers arrived, they would use them to cover their private parts.
Digital print 50 x 50 cm.
Private Asian collection
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In September 2013 Sothebys in Beijing held the auction Sotheby's Charity Auction - Ai You Reborn, which included the work Zigong Series: Salt Factory Workers No.2 by Sun Mingjing. Here, the upper estimate of CNY 12,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for CNY 12,980.00 (€ 1,567.00). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Sun Mingjing - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Zigong Series: Salt Factory Workers No. 1, which sold at auction in October 2012 for HKD 32,500.00 (€ 3,235.45).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im September 2013 führte Sothebys in Beijing die Auktion Sotheby's Charity Auction - Ai You Reborn durch, in der auch die Arbeit Zigong Series: Salt Factory Workers No.2 von Sun Mingjing zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von CNY 12.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für CNY 12.980,00 (€ 1.567,00) einen neuen Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Sun Mingjing mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Zigong Series: Salt Factory Workers No. 1 beobachtet, die im Oktober 2012 für HKD 32.500,00 (€ 3.235,45) versteigert wurde.
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