Wei Jia
What I Saw When I Arrived II
Estimate: 480.000 - 600.000 HKD
Price realised: 600.000 HKD
Price realised: 600.000 HKD
Description
Description: Painted in 2011 acrylic on canvas 100 x 180.2 cm. (39 1/2 x 71 in.) titled, inscribed and signed in Chinese; inscribed and dated '100 x 180 cm 11'' (on the reverse)
Exhibited: Taiwan, Taipei, Michael Ku Gallery, NEW AND PAST I, 3 March-15 April, 2012.
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Exhibited: Taiwan, Taipei, Michael Ku Gallery, NEW AND PAST I, 3 March-15 April, 2012.
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Sold at the upper estimate price
The work What I Saw When I Arrived II by Wei Jia was auctioned at POLY in Grand Hyatt Hong Kong in April this year. The auction ended at the price of HKD 600,000.00 (€ 612,717.39), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of HKD 480,000.00 – 600,000.00. Other works by Wei Jia have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in April this year the work Nowhere to Escape IV was auctioned for HKD 720,000.00 (€ 735,260.87).
Zuschlag beim oberen Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit What I Saw When I Arrived II von Wei Jia kam im April diesen Jahres bei POLY in Grand Hyatt Hong Kong zur Auktion. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von HKD 600.000,00 (€ 612.717,39) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von HKD 480.000,00 – 600.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Wei Jia konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im April diesen Jahres die Arbeit Nowhere to Escape IV für HKD 720.000,00 (€ 735.260,87) versteigert.