Blue-chip names headline Christie’s Hong Kong sales
As the auction house continues to celebrate 40 years of operating in Asia, its exciting line-up of September sales offers renowned global artists alongside those with strong markets in the region
Christie's Hong Kong will showcase a collection of modern and contemporary art at its 20th and 21st-century auctions on September 29 and 30. The sales will feature prominent artists with strong Asian markets, such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yayoi Kusama, Zao Wou-Ki, Chu Teh-Chun, Liu Ye, and Park Seo-Bo. The 20th/21st Century Evening Sale on September 29 highlights Basquiat's massive work, Ancient Scientist (1984), which is anticipated to fetch between HK$56m and HK$76m ($7.1m-$9.7m).
Kusama's A-Pumpkin (2011) and Zao Wou-Ki's Voie lactée - 09.11.56 (1956) are also key lots, with estimates of HK$48m to HK$68m ($6.1m-$8.7m) and HK$45m to HK$75m ($5.7m-$9.6m), respectively. Chu Teh-Chun's autumnal diptych, Automne (1985), and Liu Ye's Blue Sea (1998) are among the Chinese contemporary pieces to be auctioned. Major Western works include Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes Bild (1991), estimated at HK$38m to HK$55m ($4.8m-$7m), and Henri Matisse's Jeune femme au canapé (1944), with an estimate of HK$20m to HK$30m ($2.6m-$3.8m).
The day sales on September 30 will expand the regional and international Asian offerings, with works by Zao Wou-Ki, Marc Chagall, Paul Delvaux, and Cheong Soo Pieng. The most valuable lot of the week is a record-breaking Magritte painting, while the most discussed piece is a conceptual still life by Maurizio Cattelan.
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