U Ngwe Gaing
Still Life With Fish
Found at
Sothebys,
Hong Kong
Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Lot 256
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2018
Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Lot 256
1. Oct - 1. Oct 2018
Estimate: 260.000 - 350.000 HKD
Price realised: 300.000 HKD
Price realised: 300.000 HKD
Description
U Ngwe Gaing
1901-1967
STILL LIFE WITH FISH
Signed
Oil on canvas
90.5 by 67 cm; 35 1/2 by 26 1/2 in.
Executed circa 1960
Acquired directly from the artist in the 1960s | Thence by descent to the present owners | Private Collection, U.K.
1901-1967
STILL LIFE WITH FISH
Signed
Oil on canvas
90.5 by 67 cm; 35 1/2 by 26 1/2 in.
Executed circa 1960
Acquired directly from the artist in the 1960s | Thence by descent to the present owners | Private Collection, U.K.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Still Life With Fish by U Ngwe Gaing was sold in the Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art auction at Sothebys in Hong Kong in October 2018. The price achieved of HKD 300,000.00 (€ 33,780.44) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as HKD 260,000.00 – 350,000.00. Other works by U Ngwe Gaing have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in October 2017 the work Elephants And Trucks With Logs was auctioned for HKD 600,000.00 (€ 66,037.09).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Still Life With Fish von U Ngwe Gaing wurde im Oktober 2018 in der Auktion Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art bei Sothebys in Hong Kong versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von HKD 300.000,00 (€ 33.780,44) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit HKD 260.000,00 – 350.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von U Ngwe Gaing konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Oktober 2017 die Arbeit Elephants And Trucks With Logs für HKD 600.000,00 (€ 66.037,09) versteigert.
U Ngwe Gaing - Auction history
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