Genesis of an Auction Sale Category: Sotheby's Inaugural Auction of 'Contemporary Chinese Art'

Abstract: On 31 October 2004, Sotheby’s conducted an auction in Hong Kong under a new category entitled ‘Contemporary Chinese Art’. This was not the first time that either of the multinational auction houses had included contemporary Chinese art in their auction offerings; however, in the decade leading up to this auction, contemporary Chinese art was primarily included in the broader sale category titled Modern and Contemporary Chinese Paintings. By late 2004, Henry Howard-Sneyd, Sotheby’s Managing Director, China, Southeast Asia and Australasia, was cognisant of a significant shift in international market interest in Chinese art of a style comparable to contemporary international art. In fact, Christie’s had offered a substantial number of artworks in this style at an auction in London in October 1998 titled Asian Avant Garde. However, Christie’s auction, which included Japanese, Korean and Chinese contemporary art, was poorly attended and a financial failure. Consequently, Ch.... https://fokum-jams.org/index.php/jams/article/view/65

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Genesis of an Auction Sale Category: Sotheby's Inaugural Auction of 'Contemporary Chinese Art' ; volume:2 ; number:3 ; day:05 ; month:09 ; year:2018 ; DOI: 10.23690/jams.v2i3.65 ; Journal for art market studies ; 2, Heft 3 (05.09.2018)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Archer, Anita

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2018102121402725143890
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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