Sun Xun
Dragon Totem Series
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
Contemporary Art Asia: Including a Collection of Works by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Lot 69
18.Sep - 25.Sep.2019
Contemporary Art Asia: Including a Collection of Works by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Lot 69
18.Sep - 25.Sep.2019
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Dragon Totem Series (Hands)
signed in Chinese, dated and numbered ‘2014 2’ (lower right)
mixed media on paper
27 x 37.1 cm. (10 5/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Executed in 2014
Dragon Totem Series (Rooster on Earth)
signed in Chinese, dated and numbered ‘2014 8’ (lower right)
mixed media on paper
Private Collection, Asia
signed in Chinese, dated and numbered ‘2014 2’ (lower right)
mixed media on paper
27 x 37.1 cm. (10 5/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Executed in 2014
Dragon Totem Series (Rooster on Earth)
signed in Chinese, dated and numbered ‘2014 8’ (lower right)
mixed media on paper
Private Collection, Asia
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Dragon Totem Series by Sun Xun was auctioned at Christies in New York in September 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 800.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 2,500.00 (€ 2,292.53). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Sun Xun achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work 21 G in October 2015 with an auction result of CNY 562,500.00 (€ 80,640.96).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Dragon Totem Series von Sun Xun im September 2019 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 800,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 2.500,00 (€ 2.292,53) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Sun Xun erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit 21 G im Oktober 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von CNY 562.500,00 (€ 80.640,96).
