Catalogue Essay
This work was authorized by the National Museum of History to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of Sanyu's Passing on the occasion of Parisian Nostalgia: the National Museum of History's Sanyu Collection Exhibition, 2017

81

Lot offered with No Reserve

Sanyu

Flowers in a Vase

2017
Giclée print in colours on canvas.
59.4 x 89.2 cm (23 3/8 x 35 1/8 in.)
Numbered 83/199, with the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity issued by the National Museum of History, Taipei, unframed.

Estimate
HK$10,000 - 15,000 •
€1,200-1,800
$1,300-1,900

Sold for HK$9,525

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Editions, Photographs and Design

Hong Kong Auction 14 June 2024

1
Yoshitomo Nara
Walk On (M. & S. E-2010-012)
Estimate HK$300,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$330,200
2
Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin (RYSQ) (K. 241)
Estimate HK$220,000 - 320,000
Sold for HK$304,800
3
Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin (White Y) (K. 150)
Estimate HK$300,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$304,800
4
Andy Warhol
Neuschwanstein (see F. & S. 372)
Estimate HK$200,000 - 300,000
Sold for HK$355,600
5
This lot is no longer available.
6
Studio Drift
'Fragile Future 3.12'
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$355,600
7
Isamu Kenmochi
Chair, model no. C-3150
Estimate HK$10,000 - 15,000
Sold for HK$12,700
8
Keith Haring
Dog (L. pp. 48-49)
Estimate HK$500,000 - 700,000
Sold for HK$889,000
9
Andy Warhol
Shoes (F. & S. 257)
Estimate HK$500,000 - 700,000
Sold for HK$533,400
10
Steven Klein
Kate Moss, New York City
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000
Sold for HK$76,200
11
Steven Klein
Kate Moss, New York City
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000
Sold for HK$82,550
12
This lot is no longer available.
13
This lot is no longer available.
14
This lot is no longer available.
15
This lot is no longer available.
16
Steven Klein
Madonna, Los Angeles from Confessions on a Dance Floor
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000
Sold for HK$44,450
17
This lot is no longer available.
18
Steven Klein
David Bowie, New York City
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000
Sold for HK$69,850
19
Frank Stella
Ahab, from The Waves (A. 192)
Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$76,200
20
Jackson Pollock
Untitled (P17) (O'C. & T. 1079)
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$40,640
21
Willem de Kooning
Souvenir of Montauk (G. 9)
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$60,960
22
Sofu Teshigahara
Six-panel folding screen
Estimate HK$250,000 - 350,000
23
Mira Nakashima
Free-form dining table with 'Holtz' base
Estimate HK$180,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$215,900
24
Francis Bacon
Portrait of John Edwards, from Triptych (after, Triptych 1986-1987) (S. 6, T. 22)
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000
Sold for HK$44,450
25No Reserve
Paul Klee
Die Hexe mit dem Kamm (The Witch with the Comb), from Künstlerspende für das Deutsche Buchmuseum (Artists' Donation to the German Book Museum) (K. 86)
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000 •
Sold for HK$44,450
26
Lee Ufan
A Port of Call 2
Estimate HK$20,000 - 30,000
Sold for HK$27,940
27
Franco Buzzi
Games table
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$25,400
28
Franco Buzzi
Set of four chairs
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
29
Joan Miró
Ubu Roi (King Ubu): plate IV (M. 471, see C. 108)
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for HK$69,850
30
Henry Moore
Reclining Figure and Standing Figure and Family Group, from Reclining Figures Portfolio (C. 237)
Estimate HK$10,000 - 20,000
Sold for HK$30,480
31
Salvador Dalí
Le Cabinet anthropomorphique (The Anthropomorphic Cabinet) (D. 683)
Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$152,400
32
Max Ingrand
'Dahlia' chandelier, model no. 1563A
Estimate HK$150,000 - 200,000
Sold for HK$152,400
33
Francis Giacobetti
Zebra #17
Estimate HK$150,000 - 200,000
Sold for HK$203,200
34
This lot is no longer available.
35
Alvar Aalto
Early 'Paimio' armchair, model no 41
Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$69,850
36No Reserve
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mathematical Form: Surface 0004
Estimate HK$15,000 - 30,000 •
Sold for HK$15,240
37No Reserve
Chiharu Shiota
Connection to the Universe
Estimate HK$10,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for HK$6,985
38
Thomas Heatherwick
'Extrusion' bench
Estimate HK$250,000 - 350,000
Sold for HK$228,600
39
Chuck Close
Zhang Huan II
Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$88,900
40
This lot is no longer available.
41
This lot is no longer available.
42
This lot is no longer available.
43
Yayoi Kusama x Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame
My Heart That Blooms in the Darkness of The Night
Estimate HK$300,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$736,600
44No Reserve
Ole Wanscher
Extendable low table
Estimate HK$18,000 - 24,000 •
45No Reserve
David Hockney
China Diary (M.C.A.T. 254)
Estimate HK$20,000 - 30,000 •
Sold for HK$27,940
46
David Hockney
Peter (S.A.C. 110, M.C.A.T. 107)
Estimate HK$20,000 - 30,000
Sold for HK$27,940
47
Ole Wanscher
Pair of armchairs
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$35,560
48
Tracey Emin
Laying with the Olive Trees
Estimate HK$20,000 - 30,000
49
Jim Dine
Watercolor January (B. 112)
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000
50
Jonas Wood
Yellow Flower
Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$76,200
51
Jonas Wood
Fish Pot; Matisse Pot 4; and Snoopy Pot
Estimate HK$400,000 - 600,000
Sold for HK$635,000
52
Julian Opie
This is Shahnoza 3 (C. 60)
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
53
This lot is no longer available.
54
Damien Hirst
The Empresses (H10)
Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000
55
Jacky Tsai
Vermilion Light
Estimate HK$12,000 - 20,000
Sold for HK$15,240
56
Damien Hirst
Kew, from Veils (H4-6)
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$57,150
57No Reserve
Damien Hirst
Suiko, from The Empresses (H10-4)
Estimate HK$15,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for HK$12,065
58
KAWS
TENSION
Estimate HK$280,000 - 480,000
59
KAWS
ANKLE BRACELET
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
60
Tim Parchikov
Burning News
Estimate HK$100,000 - 150,000
61No Reserve
Stephen Wong Chun Hei
Lugard Fall And Lamma Island
Estimate HK$8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for HK$33,020
62No Reserve
Scott Kahn
Autumn Moon
Estimate HK$10,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for HK$15,240
63
Etel Adnan
Poids de la lune V
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$33,020
64
This lot is no longer available.
65
Steven Klein
Prince, New York City
Estimate HK$20,000 - 30,000
Sold for HK$27,940
66
Steven Klein
Britney Spears, Los Angeles
Estimate HK$20,000 - 30,000
Sold for HK$44,450
67
Steven Klein
Britney Spears, Los Angeles
Estimate HK$20,000 - 30,000
Sold for HK$25,400
68
This lot is no longer available.
69
This lot is no longer available.
70
This lot is no longer available.
71
This lot is no longer available.
72
This lot is no longer available.
73
Shiro Kuramata
Pair of 'Three-legged B' chairs, model no. R108
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
74
Terry Winters
Models for Synthetic Pictures (S. 97-108)
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$38,100
75
Carroll Dunham
Seven Places (K. A23)
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
76
José Parlá
Writers' Bench: 149th Street and Grand Concourse
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
77No Reserve
Michael Kagan
Critical Mass
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000 •
Sold for HK$20,320
78
Huang Yuxing
Treasures of the Metaverse
Estimate HK$8,000 - 12,000
Sold for HK$10,795
79
Wu Guanzhong
Jiangnan Wu (Houses of Jiangnan)
Estimate HK$50,000 - 70,000
80
Sanyu
Illustrations for Les Poèmes de T'ao Tsien
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$38,100
81No Reserve
Sanyu
Flowers in a Vase
Estimate HK$10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for HK$9,525
82No Reserve
Zao Wou-Ki
Untitled
Estimate HK$10,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for HK$16,510
83No Reserve
Zao Wou-Ki
Untitled
Estimate HK$10,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for HK$11,430
84
Zeng Fanzhi
Untitled (Reclining Figure)
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$40,640
85No Reserve
Miwa Komatsu
Following the Candlelight
Estimate HK$15,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for HK$7,620
86No Reserve
Ewa Juszkiewicz
Untitled (after Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun)
Estimate HK$10,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for HK$44,450
87No Reserve
Jason Boyd Kinsella
Philip
Estimate HK$8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for HK$6,350
88
Allison Zuckerman
Monolithic Beauty
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
89
Javier Calleja
Try Better
Estimate HK$70,000 - 90,000
Sold for HK$88,900
90No Reserve
Edgar Plans
Artist Hero (blue)
Estimate HK$20,000 - 30,000 •
Sold for HK$16,510
91No Reserve
Edgar Plans
The Little Martian
Estimate HK$20,000 - 30,000 •
Sold for HK$15,240
92No Reserve
Yoshitomo Nara
Cosmic Girls
Estimate HK$10,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for HK$57,150
93No Reserve
Yoshitomo Nara
Three posters for the 2006 A to Z Exhibition; and Untitled ("I Want the Motorcycle") from the series Time of My Life (four works)
Estimate HK$8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for HK$35,560
94No Reserve
David Shrigley
The Elephant
Estimate HK$10,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for HK$20,320
95No Reserve
David Shrigley
You Will Not Stop Me From Singing My Song
Estimate HK$8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for HK$38,100
96No Reserve
David Shrigley
I Am Elegant, I Am Oh So Very Very Elegant; and I Hate Human Beings
Estimate HK$8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for HK$25,400
97
George Nakashima
'R' bench
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$38,100
98No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Coffee Blues
Estimate HK$15,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for HK$30,480
99No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
I know not, I know; Me and Mr DOB; and Me Among The Supernatural
Estimate HK$10,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for HK$25,400
100No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
And then and then and then and then and then Blue; Aqua Blue; Pink; Red; and Yellow
Estimate HK$20,000 - 30,000 •
Sold for HK$50,800
101No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Many Things Await Beyond Anywhere Door (DokoDemo Door); and We Came to the Field of Flowers Through Anywhere Door (Dokodemo Door)
Estimate HK$10,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for HK$30,480
102No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Flowerball (3-D) Red Cliff; Flower Ball (Lots of Colours); Flowerball (3-D) From the Realm of the Dead; and Flowerball Brown
Estimate HK$20,000 - 30,000 •
Sold for HK$57,150
103No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Poporoke Forest; and Flower Smile
Estimate HK$12,000 - 18,000 •
Sold for HK$27,940

Editions, Photographs and Design

Hong Kong Auction 14 June 2024

Catalogue Essay

81

Sanyu

Flowers in a Vase

Editions, Photographs and Design