26 SEP 2024 | Live auction 2164820th/21st Century Evening Sale

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20th/21st Century Evening Sale

CLAUDE MONET (1840 - 1926)
Nymphéas
stamped with signature 'Claude Monet' (Lugt 1819b; lower right); stamped again with signature 'Claude Monet' (Lugt 1819b; on the reverse)
oil on canvas
73.3 x 101 cm. (28 7⁄8 x 39 3⁄4 in.)
Painted circa 1897-1899

Provenance

Michel Monet, Giverny, by descent from the artist
Private collection, France, by descent from the above
Acquired from the above by the present owner

 

Literature

 

G. Bachelard, "Les nymphéas ou Les surprises d'une aube d'été" in Verve, vol. VII, nos. 27 & 28, Paris, 1952, p. 59 (illustrated).
D. Rouart, J.-D. Rey & R. Maillard, Monet, Nymphéas, ou les miroirs du temps, Paris, 1972, p. 185 (illustrated).
D. Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Peintures, 1899-1926, Lausanne & Paris, 1985, no. 1505, p. 150 (illustrated p.151).
D. Wildenstein, Monet: Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, Nos. 969 - 1595, Cologne, 1996, no. 1505, p. 635 (illustrated).

 

Price realisedHKD 233,375,000

Estimate

HKD 200,000,000 – HKD 280,000,000

RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
La préméditation
signed ‘magritte’ (lower right); inscribed and dated '"La Préméditation" 1943' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
55.3 x 46.2 cm. (21 3⁄4 x 18 1⁄4 in.)
Painted in 1943

Price realisedHKD 28,205,000

Estimate

HKD 22,000,000 – HKD 28,000,000

RHEE SEUNDJA (1918-2009)
Jamais vu de mémoire d’arbre (Never seen the memories of a tree)
signed and dated 'SEUND JA RHEE 63-65' (lower right); signed and dated again, titled, and inscribed '1863 RIVAZUR 65 11. RANELAGH. "JAMAIS VU DE MEMOIRE D'ARBRE" SEUND JA RHEE' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
130 x 193 cm. (51 1⁄8 x 76 in.)
Painted in 1963-1965

Price realisedHKD 10,055,000

Estimate

HKD 5,000,000 – HKD 8,000,000

KIM WHAN-KI (1913-1974)
9-XII-71 #216
signed, dated, titled, and inscribed ‘9-XII-71 whanki NEW YORK #216’ (on the reverse)
oil on cotton
127 x 251 cm. (50 x 98 7⁄8 in.)
Painted in 1971

Price realisedHKD 56,035,000

Estimate

HKD 45,000,000 – HKD 65,000,000

TING YIN YUNG (DING YANYONG, 1902-1978)
Nude
signed and dated 'Y.Y. TING 12⁄10.70' (upper left)
oil on canvas
91.3 x 60.5 cm. (36 x 23 7⁄8 in.)
Painted in 1970

Price realisedHKD 3,654,000

Estimate

HKD 1,500,000 – HKD 2,000,000

ADRIEN-JEAN LE MAYEUR DE MERPRÈS (1880-1958)
Women by the Lotus Pond
signed 'J. Le Mayeur' (lower left)
oil on canvas, in the original hand-carved Balinese frame
100 x 120 cm. (39 3⁄8 x 47 1⁄4 in.)
Painted in the late 1930s

Price realisedHKD 3,780,000

Estimate

HKD 3,000,000 – HKD 5,000,000

GEORGE CONDO (B. 1957)
Prescription for the Clinically Normal
signed twice and dated 'Condo 2012' (on the overlap of the left panel); signed and dated again 'Condo 2012' (on the overlap of the right panel)
acrylic, charcoal, and pastel on linen (diptych)
each: 228.6 x 165.1 cm. (90 x 65 in.) (2)
overall: 228.6 x 330.2 cm. (90 x 130 in.)
Executed in 2012

Price realisedHKD 48,291,000

Estimate

HKD 40,000,000 – HKD 60,000,000

IZUMI KATO (B. 1969)
Untitled
signed with artist's signature, inscribed and dated '2006 oil on canvas 194 x 130.3 cm (120 F)' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
194 x 130 cm. (76 3⁄8 x 51 1⁄8 in.)
Painted in 2006

Price realisedHKD 1,512,000

Estimate

HKD 1,200,000 – HKD 2,200,000