Christie's Hong Kong will sell over 450 Chinese and Asian
contemporary art works estimated over 400 million HK dollars (US$51
million) totally in its autumn auctions in November, some of which
were showcased in a media preview Wednesday.
"Chinese 20th Century art" and "Asian Contemporary Art" sales of
Christie's Hong Kong autumn auction will be held on Nov. 25 at the
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.
An array of works by some of the most celebrated modern Chinese
artists including Zhao Wuji, Chen Chengbo, Chang Yu and Liao
Jichun, will be presented in the "Chinese 20th Century Art" sale.
Zhao's "Et la terre etait sans forme", estimated at 15 million to
20 million HK dollars (1.9 million to 2.6 million U.S. dollars),
was highlighted in the media preview Wednesday.
Other items of the sale include Chen Chengbo's "Danshui at
Sunset" (estimated at 45 million to 55 million HK dollars), Liao
Jichun's "Beside the Window" (estimated at 9 million to 12 million
HK dollars), Chang Yu's "Chrysanthemums with Green Leaves" (
estimated at 8 million to 12 million HK dollars) and Wu Guanzhong'
s monumental work "The Spring at Lijiang" (estimated at 2.5 million
to 3.5 million HK dollars).
The forthcoming "Asian Contemporary Art" sale will offer over
340 art works by some of the most celebrated contemporary Chinese,
Korean, Japanese, Indian artists, ranging from paintings and mixed
media to sculptures and photography.
Items of the sale include Cai Guoqiang's gunpowder screens "Set
of Fourteen Drawings for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Project
" (estimated at 28 million to 36 million HK dollars), Zhang
Xiaogang's "Portrait in Yellow" (estimated at 8 million to 10
million HK dollars) and Yue Minjun's "Life", "Big Ear" and "Red
Boat" (estimated at 7 million to 9 million HK dollars, 5.5 million
to 7 million HK dollars and 4 million to 6 million HK dollars
respectively).
(Xinhua News Agency November 1, 2007)