Sun Xun
The Time Vivarium - 04
Found at
Sothebys,
Hong Kong
Contemporary Art, Lot 524
7. Oct - 7. Oct 2019
Contemporary Art, Lot 524
7. Oct - 7. Oct 2019
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Sun Xun
B. 1980
THE TIME VIVARIUM - 04
signed in Chinese and dated 2014
acrylic on paper mounted on aluminum panel
150 by 250 cm; 59 by 98½ in.
Sean Kelly Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
B. 1980
THE TIME VIVARIUM - 04
signed in Chinese and dated 2014
acrylic on paper mounted on aluminum panel
150 by 250 cm; 59 by 98½ in.
Sean Kelly Gallery, New York | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 40 %.
The work The Time Vivarium - 04 by Sun Xun was auctioned at Sothebys in Hong Kong in October 2019. It achieved a price of HKD 350,000.00 (€ 40,004.48), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 40%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Sun Xun - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work 21 G, which sold at auction in October 2015 for CNY 562,500.00 (€ 80,640.96).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 40 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Time Vivarium - 04 von Sun Xun kam im Oktober 2019 bei Sothebys in Hong Kong zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 350.000,00 (€ 40.004,48) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 40%. Für andere Arbeiten von Sun Xun mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit 21 G beobachtet, die im Oktober 2015 für CNY 562.500,00 (€ 80.640,96) versteigert wurde.
