Zhang Shen
Flute Player on Boat
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
Chinese Paintings Online: Modern Masters, Lot 36
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2020
Chinese Paintings Online: Modern Masters, Lot 36
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
116.5 x 49.5 cm. (45 7 ⁄ 8 x 19 1 ⁄ 2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated twenty-second day, eleventh month,guimaoyear (1843)
PROVENANCE:
Formerly in the collection of Walter Hahn (1927-2017).
NOTE:
Walter Hahn (1927-2017) was an innovative and renowned artist, who was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1955 for his oil paintings. In the 1950s, he became deeply interested in and inspired by Asian art, studying traditional calligraphy and painting, and exhibiting internationally as a maker of tea scoops for the Japanese Tea Ceremony (Chashaku). Mr. Hahn travelled extensively throughout Asia and was among the first Americans to travel to China as a member of a U.S. artistic delegation. He befriended
116.5 x 49.5 cm. (45 7 ⁄ 8 x 19 1 ⁄ 2 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated twenty-second day, eleventh month,guimaoyear (1843)
PROVENANCE:
Formerly in the collection of Walter Hahn (1927-2017).
NOTE:
Walter Hahn (1927-2017) was an innovative and renowned artist, who was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1955 for his oil paintings. In the 1950s, he became deeply interested in and inspired by Asian art, studying traditional calligraphy and painting, and exhibiting internationally as a maker of tea scoops for the Japanese Tea Ceremony (Chashaku). Mr. Hahn travelled extensively throughout Asia and was among the first Americans to travel to China as a member of a U.S. artistic delegation. He befriended
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work Flute Player on Boat by Zhang Shen was sold in the Chinese Paintings Online: Modern Masters auction at Christies in New York in December 2020. The »bidding war« ended at USD 8,750.00 (€ 7,154.54), 25% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Zhang Shen have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Landscape Of Mountain Lu in April 2018 with an auction result of HKD 318,600.00 (€ 33,617.39).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Flute Player on Boat von Zhang Shen wurde im Dezember 2020 in der Auktion Chinese Paintings Online: Modern Masters bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 8.750,00 (€ 7.154,54) und damit 25% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Zhang Shen auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Landscape Of Mountain Lu im April 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 318.600,00 (€ 33.617,39).
Zhang Shen - Auction history
