- Far Exceeding Pre-sale High Estimate -
Strong Sell-Through Rates
Evening Sale: 92% ︳Day Sale: 86%
PHENOMENAL RESULTS FOR SANYU AND WU GUANZHONG
THREE MASTERPIECES
ACHIEVE OVER HK$100 MILLION (US$13 MILLION) EACH
TOP LOT
Sanyu’s Fleurs dans un pot bleu et blanc
Achieves HK$187,055,000 / US$24,136,000
Sanyu’s Nu
Sells for HK$168,671,000 / US$21,764,000
- A Star Exhibit in the Artist’s Final Solo Exhibition -
Wu Guanzhong’s Scenery of Northern China
Achieves HK$151,436,000 / US$19,540,000
- The Artist’s Largest Oil Painting Created Before the Introduction of
China’s Reform and Opening-Up Policies -
KEY FACTS AND FIGURES
Combined total of the two Modern Art sales: HK$819,515,720 / US$105,744,000 (est. HK$450 – 606 million / US$58.2 – 78.4 million)
Modern Art Evening Sale (5 Oct): HK$754,291,000 / US$97,328,000 (est. HK$414 – 541 million / US$53.5 – 70 million)
Modern Art Day Sale (6 Oct): HK$65,224,720 / US$8,416,000 (est. HK$36 – 65 million / US$4.7 – 8.4 million)
STELLAR PERFORMANCE OF SANYU AND WU GUANZHONG, 3 WORKS ACHIEVE OVER HK$100 MILLION EACH
Sanyu’s spectacular results continue with two classic paintings selling for over HK$100 million each - Fleurs dans un pot bleu et blanc achieves HK$187,055,000 / US$24,136,000 after a 15-minute bidding battle, while Nu achieves HK$168,671,000 / US$21,764,000
Another highlight of the season: Wu Guanzhong’s Scenery of Northern China, the artist’s largest oil painting created before the introduction of China’s Reform and Opening-Up policies, achieves HK$151,436,000 / US$19,540,000
CONTINUED DEMAND FOR CHU TEH-CHUN AND ZAO WOU-KI. WORKS OFFERED IN EVENING SALE 100% SOLD
Four works by Chu Teh-Chun at Evening Sale 100% sold, totalling HK$98.7 million / US12.7 million, led by a seminal work No. 312 which exceeded the high estimate to sell for HK$60,665,000 / US$7,828,000
Six works by Zao Wou-Ki at Evening and Day Sales 100% sold, totalling HK$60.2 million / US$7.8 million
THE BELL’S COLLECTION OF POSTWAR CHINESE ART II
All 27 lots offered sold - led by Chen Ting-Shih’s Day and Night #25, achieving HK$1,008,000 / US$130,000, five times its estimate
54 lots from both Spring and Autumn sales sold for a combined total in excess of HK$8 million
OTHER NOTABLE PRICES
Georges Mathieu’s Désespoir de lumière realises HK$5,620,000 / US$725,000, eight times the estimate
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita’s Roses et lilas sells for HK$8,040,000 / US$1,037,000, eight times the estimate
SETS FOUR ARTIST AUCTION RECORDS
Lalan’s Les Formes Sortent du Bleu et du Vert
Sale price: HK$11,065,000 / US$1,428,000
Li Huayi’s Lying on Snow
Sale price: HK$8,040,000 / US$1,037,000
Ho Kan’s Senza Titolo
Sale price: HK$693,000 / US$94,139
Orazio Bacci’s DMS 570
Sale price: HK$94,500 / US$12,837
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