Wang Jingwei
Poem from Shuangzhaolou: To Bingru, on My Journey Through Siberia
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 HKD
Price realised: 125.000 HKD
Price realised: 125.000 HKD
Description
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
22.5 x 18.1 cm. (8 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Seventh Sister (Chen Bijun, 1891-1959)
NOTE:
This poem was composed in February 1917, during Wang’s trip from France through Russia via the Trans-Siberian Railway en route to China.
22.5 x 18.1 cm. (8 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Seventh Sister (Chen Bijun, 1891-1959)
NOTE:
This poem was composed in February 1917, during Wang’s trip from France through Russia via the Trans-Siberian Railway en route to China.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 79 %.
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: To Bingru, on My Journey Through Siberia sold for HKD 125,000.00 (€ 14,273.32) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 70,000.00. 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 79 % 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: To Bingru, on My Journey Through Siberia für HKD 125.000,00 (€ 14.273,32) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 70.000,00. 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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