Wang Qiumei
Correspondences
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 160
18. Aug - 1. Sep 2022
Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 160
18. Aug - 1. Sep 2022
Estimate: 10.000 - 20.000 HKD
Price realised: 189.000 HKD
Price realised: 189.000 HKD
Description
WANG QIUMEI (1884-1944) Correspondences Album of twenty-one double leaves, ink on paper Various size The album contains thirty-one correspondences from Wang Qiumei to Cheng Kinlo (1892-1980) before 1932. With colophon and one seal Titleslip entitled, inscribed and signed by Xu Beihong (1895-1953). Dated autumn, wuyin year (1938) Dedicated to Cheng Kinlo. NOTE: Wang Yan is a literati and a calligrapher from Guangdong who styled himself as Qiumei and Qiuzhai. In his early years, Wang Yan joined the Revive China Society and the United Allegiance Society, participated in revolutionary movements, and served as a reporter and editor of the revolutionary press, where he dedicated himself to promoting revolutionary ideas. After 1911, he turned to industrial development, moving to Hong Kong to join the Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company two years later. In 1918, Wang Yan moved to Shanghai with the company's headquart
A top price for Wang Qiumei
When the work Correspondences by Wang Qiumei was auctioned at Christies in Hong Kong in September last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 20,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than nine times as high at HKD 189,000.00 (€ 24,593.38). This high result makes Correspondences the most expensive artwork by Wang Qiumei that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Wang Qiumei
Als die Arbeit Correspondences von Wang Qiumei im September letzten Jahres bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 20.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 189.000,00 (€ 24.593,38) mehr als neunmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Correspondences zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Wang Qiumei, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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