Yun Gee
Old Broadway in Winter
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong
Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) / Contemporaries: Voices from East and West (Evening Sale), Lot 29
26.Mai - 26.Mai.2018
Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) / Contemporaries: Voices from East and West (Evening Sale), Lot 29
26.Mai - 26.Mai.2018
Estimate: 30.000.000 - 40.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 58.600.000 HKD
Price realised: 58.600.000 HKD
Description
signed 'Yun Gee' (lower right)
oil on canvas
121 x 101 cm. (48 x 40 in.)
Painted circa 1930s-1940s
Anon. Sale, Christie's Hong Kong, 28 April 2002, Lot 148 | Acquired from the above by the previous owner | Anon. Sale, Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2008, Lot 556 | Acquired from the above by the present owner
oil on canvas
121 x 101 cm. (48 x 40 in.)
Painted circa 1930s-1940s
Anon. Sale, Christie's Hong Kong, 28 April 2002, Lot 148 | Acquired from the above by the previous owner | Anon. Sale, Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2008, Lot 556 | Acquired from the above by the present owner
A top price for Yun Gee
The work Old Broadway in Winter by Yun Gee was sold in the Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) / Contemporaries: Voices from East and West (Evening Sale) auction at Christies in Hong Kong in May 2018. It achieved a price of HKD 58,600,000.00 (€ 6,402,313.62), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 47%. With this result, Old Broadway in Winter is even the most expensive work of art by Yun Gee that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Yun Gee
Die Arbeit Old Broadway in Winter von Yun Gee wurde im Mai 2018 in der Auktion Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) / Contemporaries: Voices from East and West (Evening Sale) bei Christies in Hong Kong versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von HKD 58.600.000,00 (€ 6.402.313,62) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 47%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Old Broadway in Winter sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Yun Gee, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Yun Gee - Auction history
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