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While we wait for the buyer of SI Newhouse’s $181.2 million Jackson Pollock painting to emerge, at least one buyer stepped up at May’s massive evening sale: Jay Chou.
The Taiwanese pop star posted on Instagram last week that he had won the bid for the 1924 Henri Matisse painting. morning séancesold at Sotheby’s Modern Art Evening Sale last Tuesday. The Matisse work sold for $20 million (excluding commission), and the final sale price was $21.2 million (including commission). It has an estimated value of $20 million to $30 million.
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That sale didn’t create the biggest splash. In fact, this is another Matisse at the same auction—Lorraine Lasches (circa 1919), buyer still unknown, estimated at $25 million, sold for $48.4 million. The bidding war for the piece lasted more than ten minutes.
However, according to the New York Times, Zhou won the Matisse work by guaranteeing the work. new york timeswhich gave him an $800,000 purchase discount.
Zhou often writes about art or posts artistic photos on his Instagram. He wrote in a post last week, “When I was in Nice, I used to spend a lot of time standing downstairs outside Henri Matisse’s house, looking up at the balcony by the window. I imagined him standing there one day, staring at the sun over Nice, lost in thought, and then walking back to his studio to continue working. I also dreamed of one day collecting a piece of his work from that period in Nice.
Unexpectedly, today, my dream came true. ” The text is accompanied by a short video of the work.
According to Singapore English Daily straits timesZhou is known to be a collector, owning works by important figures such as Pablo Picasso and Jean-Michel Basquiat. He said in interviews that he spends a large portion of his tour earnings on art.
Jay Chou has been a major singer in the Chinese music scene since the early 2000s, with numerous best-selling albums in Taiwan and China. In March, the 16th album was released, son of the sun.
