Xu Beihong
Cat
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 HKD
Price realised: 352.500 HKD
Price realised: 352.500 HKD
Description
Xu Beihong (1895-1953)
Cat
Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
Inscribed and signed Beihong, with a dedication, and two seals of the artist
Dated the thirty-third year of the Republic era (1944)
Colophon on the mounting border by Zhao Shao'ang (1905-1998), dated gengshen year (1980), and with two seals of his
37.4 x 56.6cm (14¾ x 22¼in)
Cat
Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
Inscribed and signed Beihong, with a dedication, and two seals of the artist
Dated the thirty-third year of the Republic era (1944)
Colophon on the mounting border by Zhao Shao'ang (1905-1998), dated gengshen year (1980), and with two seals of his
37.4 x 56.6cm (14¾ x 22¼in)
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
When the work Cat by Xu Beihong was auctioned at Bonhams in Hong Kong in February 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - HKD 60,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at HKD 352,500.00 (€ 37,573.18). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Xu Beihong achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Put Down Your Whip in April 2007 with an auction result of HKD 72,000,000.00 (€ 6,741,434.85).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Cat von Xu Beihong im Februar 2021 bei Bonhams in Hong Kong versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – HKD 60.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit HKD 352.500,00 (€ 37.573,18) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Xu Beihong erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Put Down Your Whip im April 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 72.000.000,00 (€ 6.741.434,85).
Xu Beihong - Auction history
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