ArtBasel Hong Kong Sales Report

The New York Times closes out the reporting from ArtBasel Hong Kong with these sales:

Pace

• sold four works by Robert Rauschenberg, including one to an important Asian museum. The gallery sold around 25 works, including pieces by Yoshitomo Nara and Zhang Xiaogang and, on the last day, Agnès Martin and Alexander Calder.

Tyler Rollins Fine Art

• sold four works by the Vietnamese-American artist Tiffany Chung for $28,000 each. It also sold a large installation by Ms. Chung artist to M+, the museum of visual culture that is scheduled to open in Hong Kong in 2019.

Chemould Prescott Road of Mumbai, India,

• sold several works by the artist and architect Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai to the M Woods Museum in Beijing for $10,000 each.

Ink Studio in Beijing

• sold several works by Li Huasheng for between $58,000 and $120,000, while Long March Space in Beijing sold works by a number of Chinese artists, including Wang Jingwei and Zhan Wang.

Dealers Report Strong Sales at Art Basel Hong Kong  (The New York Times)

Georgina Adam stopped by these galleries:

Christophe Van de Weghe

• a Sam Francis sold on the first night at US$475,000.

David Zwirner gallery

• five works from Michaël Borremans and sold them all, with one going to the Shanghai collector Qiao Zhibing and another to Long Museum’s Wang Wei (prices between US$250,000 and $1.6m). “

Kamel Mennour

• paintings by Camille Henrot and a sculpture by Huang Yong Ping at  (€600,000).

Night Gallery

• works by Mira Dancy (about US$35,000) sold to Singapore and Shanghai buyers,

Galerie Nathalie Obadia

• an Australian buyer pounced on Xu Zhen’s eye-catching 2011 tapestry “Self-Consumption” (€100,000)

The Art Market: Hong Kong gloom and zoom  (FT.com)

The fair sent out these sales:

Cardi Gallery (Milan, London)

• Sold an important CY Twombly work to a private European collector. Asking price USD 10 million

Tina Keng Gallery (Taipei, Beijing) 耿畫廊（台北、北京）

• Wang Huaiqing（王懷慶）Chinese Emperor – 5, 2015  & Chinese Emperor – 6, 2015  200 x 135cm each Two works sold for USD 3.3million in total.
• Peng Wei（彭薇）You Came into My Head, 2015 145 x 338cm Sold for RMB 2.6million
• All works on the booth are sold to collectors from Taiwan, Mainland China, Indonesia, Singapore, Italy.

11R sent in these sales:

11R

• Evan Nesbit, Porosity (Spitfire Scout), acrylic, dye and burlap, 60 x 48 inches, $12,000, sold to a private collection in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Evan Nesbit, Porosity (Elastic Waistband), acrylic, dye and burlap, 60 x 48 inches, $12,000, sold to a private collection in Bangkok, Thailand.
• Evan Nesbit, Porosity (Adaptive Flannel), acrylic, dye and burlap, 60 x 48 inches, $12,000, sold to a private collection in Southeast Asia.
• Evan Nesbit, Porosity (Tactile Interface), acrylic, dye and burlap, 60 x 48 inches, $12,000, sold to a private collection in Shenzhen, China.

Artnet had these sales:

De Sarthe Gallery

• two sales in the first few hours of the fair: a 1963 red painting by Zao Wou-Ki and another red work by Ma Sibo, A Day Within a Day (2016). The booth was filled with red works.

ShugoArts

• a painting by emerging Japanese artist Masaya Chiba sold for $40,000 and a life-sized wood sculpture of a magnolia by Yohishiro Suda went for $27,000.

Contemporary Fine Arts

• a €42,000 ($47,000) piece by Gert and Uwe Tobias sold.

Art Basel in Hong Kong Kicks Off in Style (artnet News)

 

ArtBasel’s PR firm circulated these sales from the fair:

Dominique Lévy (Geneva, London, New York)

Rudolf Stingel
Untitled, 2010
Oil on Canvas
82 5/8 x 66 7/8 inches (210 x 170 cm)
Asking price USD 1.9 million

Park Seo Bo
Ecriture 36-73, 1973
Pencil and oil on canvas
17 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches (44 x 52 cm)
Asking price USD 250,000

Blum & Poe (Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo)

Julien Schnabel
Untitled (Chinese), 2011
Inkjet print, oil, resin on polyester
90 x 80 inches
Priced at USD 350,000

Ha Chonghyun
Conjunction 2002-50, 2002
Oil on canvas
120 x 180 centimeters
Priced at USD 195,000

Zhu Jinshi
The ear of Imperial Garden, 2010
Oil on canvas
140 x 160 centimeters
Priced at USD 195,000

Galerie Gmurzynska (Zug, Zurich, St. Moritz)

Fernando Botero
At the Park, 2006
Oil on Canvas
Sold at approximately USD 1.3 million

Fernando Botero
Leda and the Swan, 2006
Bronze
Approximately USD 400,000

Fernando Botero
Donna seduta con mela, 2011
Bronze
Approximately USD 400,000

Lisson Gallery (London, Milan, New York)

Ryan Gander
Associative Ghost Template #8, 2012
Perspex
125 x 125 x 4.8 cm
49.2 x 49.2 x 1.9 in
edition 1 of 1 + 1 AP
Sold for EURO 30,000 to EURO 40,000
Sold to a mainland Chinese collector

Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg
A Thief Caught in the Act (Blue with Orange Legs), 2015
Wooden table, lamp, dimmer, timer, metal wire, aluminium foil, wood,
canvas, modelling clay, acrylic paint
130 x 180 x 90 cm
Sold for EURO 60,000
Sold to a private collector in Scandinavia

 

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Mitchell-Innes & Nash (New York)

Eddie Martinez
Keys to a Defunct Castle, 2015
Oil, acrylic, enamel and spray paint on canvas
72 x 108 in.
182.9 x 274.3 cm
Sold within the range of USD 80,000 to a Chinese collector

Brent Wadden
Tangerine Teal, 2015
Hand woven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
107 x 84 in.
271.8 x 213.4 cm.
Sold within the range of USD 55,000 to a collector based in Hong Kong

Pearl Lam Galleries (Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong) 藝術門畫廊

Su Xiaobai（蘇笑柏）
Satisfactory No.1, 2015
Oil, lacquer, linen, and wood
154 x 147 x 15 cm
Sold at USD 195,000

Kavi Gupta Gallery (Berlin, Chicago)
McArthur Binion
dna: white painting: test for seasons: XV, 2006
oil paint stick and paper on board
Sold for USD 30,000 — 40,000

David Kordansky Gallery (Los Angeles)
Almost all of the work sold on the first day, mostly to collectors in Asia.
Sales included pieces by Jonas Wood, Mary Weatherford, and Rashid Johnson.
Works sold ranged from USD 12,000 USD to USD 145,000.

David Zwirner (New York, London) 卓納畫廊（紐約、倫敦）

Sold all 5 paintings by Belgian artist Michaël Borremans (who is here in HK with our gallery) made specially for this fair, price range USD 250k – USD 1.6 million

Luc Tuymans
Forever, 2008
Oil on canvas
174.6 x 177.8 cm
Sold at USD 1.6 million

2 paintings by Oscar Murillo
Sold at USD 250,000

2 works by Jordan Wolfson
both “Untitled” and both from 2016
Inkjet print on canvas mounted on aluminum
Each sold at USD 75,000
Collectors from Shanghai, Taipei, Beijing, HK, Seoul

Wolfgang Tillmans
Greifbar 28, 2014
Photograph
Sold for USD 180,000

Gerhardsen Gerner (Berlin, Oslo)

Paloma Varga Weisz
Frau in Hut, 2007
Wood
74.9 x 32.7 x 34 cm / 29 ½ x 12 ⅝ x 13 ⅜ in
Sold for EURO 55,000

Mendes Wood DM (São Paulo)

Sold three Lucas Arruda paintings to a local collector and fifteen works by Paulo Monteiro to an important Asian collector. Sales alsoincluded pieces by Michael Dean, Neil Beloufa, Daniel SteegmannMangrané, and Adriano Costa
Works sold for between USD 10,000 — USD 50,000

Long March (Beijing)
Wang Jingwei (汪建偉)
Dirty Substance No. 3 (儲物No. 3), 2015
Mixed media – wood, metal, rubber, spray paint
217 x 140 x 67 cm
Sold at RMB 750,000

Wang Jingwei (汪建偉)
More No.3 (更多 No. 3), 2015
Acrylic and oil on canvas
Composed of 3 panels
Each 120 x 100 cm
Sold at RMBB 950,000

Zhan Wang (展望)
Artificial Rock No. 76 (假石山 No. 76)
Sold at RMB 1,100,000

Liu Wei （劉韡）
No. 202
Sold at RMB 700,000

Hu Xiangqian (胡向前)
Stick Diagram-Drawing (棍譜)
Sold at RMB 120,000

Sprüth Magers (Berlin, London, Los Angeles)

sold works including a new painting by George Condo to a Collection based in Asia.
Asking price of USD 400,000

SCAI The Bathhouse (Tokyo)
Kohei Nawa
Pix-Cell Deer #43
Sold for USD 180,000

Pippy Houldsworth (London)
Luke Diiorio
Subaru Carcosa #5, 2016
Sold for USD 15,000

Lehmann Maupin provided these sales:

TRACEY EMIN
In Solitude, 2015
embroidered calico
SOLD IN THE RANGE OF £150,000-£250,000 GBP

ANGEL OTERO
Unnatural Habitat, 2016
LM23000
SOLD IN THE RANGE OF $50,000-$100,000 USD

DO HO SUH
Seoul Home 2, 260-10 Sungbook-Dong, Sungbook-Ku, Seoul, Korea, 2015
polyester fabric and stainless steel wire
LM21189
SOLD IN THE RANGE OF $25,000-$35,000 USD

MATTHIAS WEISCHER
Seestück (Seascape), 2015
oil on canvas
LM21842
SOLD IN THE RANGE OF €25,000-€35,000 EUR

Lehmann Maupin were first out of the gate with sales at ArtBasel Hong Kong:

TRACEY EMIN
Wanting to be with you, 2015
gouache on paper
11.02 x 14.96 inches (paper)
28 x 38 cm
LM22591
SOLD IN THE RANGE OF £15,000-£25,000 GBP

DO HO SUH
Stove, Apartment A, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA, 2013
polyester fabric, stainless steel wire, and display case with LED lighting
41.875 x 20.5 x 25.75 inches 106.4 x 52.1 x 65.4 cm 74.125 x 36.125 x 35 inches (vitrine) 188.3 x 91.8 x 88.9 cm
LM18348
SOLD IN THE RANGE OF $150,000-$200,000 USD

DO HO SUH
Karma, 2007
lacquer on paper
59.76 x 41.14 inches (paper)
151.8 x 104.5 cm<
LM11025
SOLD IN THE RANGE OF $60,000-$70,000 USD

DO HO SUH
Corridor/Ground Floor 10, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA, 2013
polyester fabric and stainless steel wire
9.09 x 8.66 x 2.44 inches
23.1 x 22 x 6.2 cm
LM18666
SOLD IN THE RANGE OF $10,000-$20,000 USD