Wang Jingwei
Poem from Shuangzhaolou – Night Time on Board Ship
Estimate: 80.000 - 100.000 HKD
Price realised: 200.000 HKD
Price realised: 200.000 HKD
Description
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
71.5 x 32.8 cm. (28 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated twelfth month, thirtieth year (of the Republic, 1941)
Dedicated to Mengheng (He Mang Hang, 1916-2016) and Zhongyun (Wang Wenxing, 1914-2015)
NOTE:
This poem was composed in 1939 on a boat after the assassination attempt in Hanoi, during which Zeng Zhongming, a close friend and associate, was killed.
71.5 x 32.8 cm. (28 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated twelfth month, thirtieth year (of the Republic, 1941)
Dedicated to Mengheng (He Mang Hang, 1916-2016) and Zhongyun (Wang Wenxing, 1914-2015)
NOTE:
This poem was composed in 1939 on a boat after the assassination attempt in Hanoi, during which Zeng Zhongming, a close friend and associate, was killed.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.
This artwork by Wang Jingwei achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2017. In the Fine Chinese Modern Paintings auction, the work Poem from Shuangzhaolou – Night Time on Board Ship sold for HKD 200,000.00 (€ 22,837.31) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 100,000.00. Admittedly, works by Wang Jingwei have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Poems Of Shuangzhaolou in May 2019 with an auction result of HKD 1,062,500.00 (€ 121,602.83).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Wang Jingwei erzielte im Mai 2017 bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Fine Chinese Modern Paintings wurde die Arbeit Poem from Shuangzhaolou – Night Time on Board Ship für HKD 200.000,00 (€ 22.837,31) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 100.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Wang Jingwei auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Poems Of Shuangzhaolou im Mai 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 1.062.500,00 (€ 121.602,83).
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