Xu Bing
New English Calligraphy Series - Poem By Robert Frost (Diptych)
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 HKD
Price realised: 860.000 HKD
Price realised: 860.000 HKD
Description
Xu Bing
B. 1955
NEW ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY SERIES - POEM BY ROBERT FROST (DIPTYCH)
Signed in Pinyin, marked with one artist seal and dated 2003
ink on paper
Each: 132.5 by 69 cm.; 52 1/8 by 27 1/8 in. Overall: 132.5 by 138 cm.; 52 1/8 by 54 3/8 in.
B. 1955
NEW ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY SERIES - POEM BY ROBERT FROST (DIPTYCH)
Signed in Pinyin, marked with one artist seal and dated 2003
ink on paper
Each: 132.5 by 69 cm.; 52 1/8 by 27 1/8 in. Overall: 132.5 by 138 cm.; 52 1/8 by 54 3/8 in.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 43 %.
The work New English Calligraphy Series - Poem By Robert Frost (Diptych) by Xu Bing was sold in the Contemporary Asian Art auction at Sothebys in Hong Kong in April 2011. It achieved a price of HKD 860,000.00 (€ 74,737.20), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 43%. Admittedly, works by Xu Bing have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Living Word in April 2008 with an auction result of HKD 7,607,500.00 (€ 626,954.17).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 43 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit New English Calligraphy Series - Poem By Robert Frost (Diptych) von Xu Bing wurde im April 2011 in der Auktion Contemporary Asian Art bei Sothebys in Hong Kong versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 860.000,00 (€ 74.737,20) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 43%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Xu Bing auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Living Word im April 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 7.607.500,00 (€ 626.954,17).