Wen Yongchen
Children Flying Kites
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 30
15. Aug - 29. Aug 2023
Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 30
15. Aug - 29. Aug 2023
Estimate: 20.000 - 40.000 HKD
Price realised: 69.300 HKD
Price realised: 69.300 HKD
Description
WEN YONGCHEN (WAN WING SUM, 1922-1995) Children Flying Kites Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and colour on paper 97 x 54.8 cm. (38 1 ⁄ 4 x 21 5 ⁄ 8 in.) With three seals of the artist Further inscribed and signed by Zhao Shao'ang (1905-1998) and Huang Junbi (1898-1991), with a total of five seals Both dated autumn, jiwei year (1979) Further inscribed and signed in microscopic script by the artist Dated April, 1987
Upper estimate price exceeded by 73 %.
In August this year Christies in New York held the auction Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online, which included the work Children Flying Kites by Wen Yongchen. The »bidding war« ended at HKD 69,300.00 (€ 8,151.81), 73% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Wen Yongchen - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Hundred Boys, which sold at auction in March 2019 for USD 25,000.00 (€ 22,265.76).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 73 % übertroffen
Im August diesen Jahres führte Christies in New York die Auktion Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online durch, in der auch die Arbeit Children Flying Kites von Wen Yongchen zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von HKD 69.300,00 (€ 8.151,81) und damit 73% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Wen Yongchen mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Hundred Boys beobachtet, die im März 2019 für USD 25.000,00 (€ 22.265,76) versteigert wurde.
Wen Yongchen - Auction history
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