Yan Wenliang
Night Moon
Estimate: 1.200.000 - 2.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 4.360.000 HKD
Price realised: 4.360.000 HKD
Description
signed in Chinese (upper right)
oil on board
24.2 x 35.3 cm. (9 1/2 x 13 4/5 in.)
Painted circa 1950s
Private Collection, Hong Kong | Private Collection, USA (by descent to the present | owner)
oil on board
24.2 x 35.3 cm. (9 1/2 x 13 4/5 in.)
Painted circa 1950s
Private Collection, Hong Kong | Private Collection, USA (by descent to the present | owner)
A top price for Yan Wenliang
This artwork by Yan Wenliang achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2016. In the Asian 20th Century Art (Day Sale) auction, the work Night Moon sold for HKD 4,360,000.00 (€ 503,935.34) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 2,000,000.00. This high result makes Night Moon the most expensive artwork by Yan Wenliang that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Yan Wenliang
Dieses Kunstwerk von Yan Wenliang erzielte im Mai 2016 bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Asian 20th Century Art (Day Sale) wurde die Arbeit Night Moon für HKD 4.360.000,00 (€ 503.935,34) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 2.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Night Moon zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Yan Wenliang, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Yan Wenliang - Auction history
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