33. Wu Guanzhong

33. Wu Guanzhong

The artists who power the $1m+ market
The artists who power the $1m+ market

33. Wu Guanzhong (1919–2010)

POST-WAR, b. Yixing, China

Wu Guanzhong sketches on the Loess Plateau, Shanxi, 1989

Power Rank: 117

Value and supply

Auction totals

Price confidencePrice momentumAverage lot Price
73.5%-43.2%$2.9m
Percentage of lots sold above low estimateChange in average lot value 2022 to 2023 (H1)Average lot value over the period 2018–23

Sotheby’s private sales

(2018 to H1 2023)
$6.8m2$3.4m
Private sales valueSold lotsAverage price

Bidders by region

Bidders by age

Top 10 artworks sold at auction

(2018 to H1 2023)
RANKTITLEDATEWHEREWHENSOLD FOR
1Scenery of Northern China1973Sotheby's Hong Kong5 Oct 2020$19.5m
2Lotus Flowers (I)1974Sotheby's Hong Kong31 Mar 2019$16.7m
3Plum Blossoms1973Sotheby's Hong Kong27 Apr 2022$13.2m
4Chongqing, the mountain city1979Sotheby's Hong Kong10 Aug 2020$6.4m
5Sunrise in Lofty Mountains-Sotheby's Hong Kong6 Oct 2019$6.2m
6The Grand Canyon1989Christie's Hong Kong26 Nov 2019$5.8m
7Scenery of Guilin1973Sotheby's Hong Kong5 Oct 2020$5.6m
8Two Swallows1993Sotheby's Hong Kong6 Oct 2019$5.1m
9Golden Field1977Christie's Hong Kong1 Dec 2021$4.3m
10Primitive Woods1988Sotheby's Hong Kong10 Aug 2020$3.6m

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