Chua Ek Kay Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Chua Ek Kay Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 30, 2024
CHUA EK KAY | House in The Suburbs
Est: S$10,000 - S$15,000
58 x 47 cm ; 71 x 59 cm (with frame) ink and colour on paper signed, dated 07 and stamped lower left Provenance: Acquired from the artist's estate; Private collection, Singapore 蔡逸溪《郊区的房子》2007年作彩墨纸本款识：蔡逸溪 ‘07 艺术家钤印（左下）来源：购自于艺术家遗；新加坡私人收藏
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Jun. 30, 2024
CHUA EK KAY | Resonance
Est: S$5,000 - S$7,000
101.6 x 127 cm ; 117 x 142 cm (with frame) lithograph signed and dated in pencil 'Chua Ek Kay 2002' lower right Provenance: STPI , Singapore ; Private collection, Singapore 蔡逸溪《共鸣》2002年作石版版画款识：Chua Ek Kay 2002（右下）来源：新加坡 STPI ; 新加坡私人收藏
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Nov. 29, 2023
CHUA EK KAY (1947-2008) - Water Lilies
Est: $300,000 - $500,000
CHUA EK KAY (1947-2008) Water Lilies ink and colour on paper 69 x 138 cm. (27 1⁄8 x 54 3⁄8 in.)
Christie's
Nov. 23, 2023
Chua Ek Kay 蔡逸溪 | Lotus pond series 荷塘系列
Est: $70,000 - $90,000
Chua Ek Kay 1947 - 2008 Lotus pond series signed Chua Ek Kay and dated 03 (lower center) ink and colour on paper 47.3 by 44.5 cm. 18 ⅝ by 17 ½ in. Executed in 2003. ---------------------------------------------- 蔡逸溪 1947 - 2008年荷塘系列款識 Chua Ek Kay 03（中下）彩墨紙本 47.3 x 44.5 cm. 18 ⅝ x 17 ½ in. 二〇〇三年作
Sotheby's
Nov. 05, 2023
CHUA EK KAY | Gourd and Auspicious Flowers
Est: S$20,000 - S$30,000
139 x 37 cm ; 181 x 62.2 cm (with frame) ink and colour on paper Inscribed in chinese and dated 1991 upper right until lower right 蔡逸溪《葫芦吉花图》 1991年作彩墨纸本款识：写于九一年一月十九日容斋(右下） This lot is located in Singapore
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Jul. 12, 2023
Chua Ek Kay, Celestial Tones 4
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Chua Ek Kay Celestial Tones 4 1997 mixed media on rice paper sight: 37.625 h x 34.375 w in (96 x 87 cm) Signed to lower edge 'Chua Ek Kay'. Exhibited: Chua Ek Kay: Colours of Infinity, 20-23 September 1997, Caldwell House, Chijmes, Singapore (traveling exhibition) Literature: Chua Ek Kay: Colours of Infinity, Caldwell House, Chijmes exhibition catalog, pg. 47 This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Wright
Dec. 04, 2022
CHUA EK KAY | Calligraphy
Est: S$3,000 - S$4,000
112 x 33.5 cm x 174 x 46 cm (hanging scroll) ink on paper stamped with seal lower left, stamped with seal upper right 蔡逸溪《书法》水墨纸本款识：蔡逸溪（左下）书法 (右上） Bid online at https://auctions.33auction.com/lots/view/1-6R6GQW/chua-ek-kay-calligraphy
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Apr. 28, 2022
Chua Ek Kay 蔡逸溪 - Lotus Series 蓮花系列
Est: $350,000 - $550,000
Chua Ek Kay 1947 - 2008 Lotus Series ink and color on paper signed Chua Ek Kay in Chinese, dated 07 and stamped with the seal of the artist (lower middle) painted in 2007 52 by 160.5 cm; 20 ½ by 63 ¼ in. ---------------------------------------------- 蔡逸溪 1947 - 2008 蓮花系列彩墨紙本款識蔡逸溪 07 藝術家鈐印（中下）二〇〇七年 52 by 160.5 cm; 20 ½ by 63 ¼ in.
Sotheby's
Apr. 22, 2021
Chua Ek Kay (1947-2008) Goldfish
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Chua Ek Kay (1947-2008) Goldfish signed with artist's seal ink and colour on paper 90.5 by 33 cm. 35 5/8 by 13 in. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Dec. 21, 2020
CHUA EK KAY | Shop Houses
Est: S$12,000 - S$16,000
81 x 69 cm; 119 x 102 cm (with frame) ink and colour on paper, framed signed in chinese and dated 93 lower left This work is located in Singapore
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Dec. 03, 2020
CHUA EK KAY (1947-2008) Noon at Cecil Street ink and colour on paper 69 x 9
Est: $100,000 - $180,000
CHUA EK KAY (1947-2008) Noon at Cecil Street ink and colour on paper 69 x 90 cm. (27 1/8 x 35 3/8 in.)
Christie's
Oct. 06, 2020
Chua Ek Kay (1947-2008) Chinatown Street Scene
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
Chua Ek Kay (1947-2008) Chinatown Street Scene 1991 signed and dated 91 ink and colour on paper 69 by 78 cm. 27 1/8 by 30 6/8 in. HK$100,000-150,000 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Ode To Art Gallery. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Sep. 29, 2019
CHUA EK KAY : Afternoon Rain, 2002
Est: RM20,000 - RM35,000
"Chua Ek Kay was born in Guangdong China. He was deemed as the artist that hailed the ´bridge between Asian and Western art, by showing unique painting styles through Chinese ink on paper that formed a union of the traditional Chinese painting forms with Western art theories and techniques. Chua trained under Singaporean master brush painter, Fan Chang Tien of the Shanghai School, but later developed a keen interest in Western art. In the 1950s, his family migrated to Singapore and settled in Liang Seah Street (which most of his influence came from as well). He was the first Chinese-ink painter to win the United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year Award in 1991 with his piece titled _My Hauntî, a brush painting of old buildings on Liang Seah Street. Chua was much inspired by the works of Western artists such as Jackson Pollock, Matisse and Picasso, since their _spontaneousî style was deemed similar to the free style of the Shanghai School. His interest in Western art led him to take up related courses at the then Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts in 1990 as well as in Australia. But the _Chinese brushî influence never left him as he continued to express his artistic inclinations in both traditional Chinese as well as Western contemporary styles. One of the reasons why Ek Kay has been able to establish a connecting point between Asian and Western art was because he saw the importance of retaining tradition, an important factor for future generations to come."
KLAS Art Auction
May. 26, 2019
CHUA EK KAY (SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) Lotus Pond Flower Petals Falling into Water chinese ink and pigment on paper 90 x 97 cm. (35 3/8 x 38 1/4 in.)
Est: $280,000 - $380,000
CHUA EK KAY (SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) Lotus Pond Flower Petals Falling into Water signed in Chinese and dated '05' (lower right) chinese ink and pigment on paper 90 x 97 cm. (35 3/8 x 38 1/4 in.) Painted in 2005
Christie's
Mar. 29, 2019
Chua Ek Kay (Singaporean, 1947-2008) Old Street Scene, 1989
Est: HKD100,000 - HKD150,000
Chua Ek Kay (Singaporean, 1947-2008) Old Street Scene, 1989 signed, dated and stamped with a seal of the artist, lower left. ink and colour on paper82 x 68 cm. (32 1/4 x 26 3/4 in.) 蔡逸溪老街景彩墨紙本一九八九年作Provenance:Acquired directly from the artist in 1990Art in Post-War Singapore: A Dialogue with History and the PresentThe second generation of Singapore artists have distinguished themselves from their predecessors by pushing the creative boundaries of the established Nanyang style while retaining its essence through the employment of non-conventional materials and mediums in their works. Born in the 1930s and 40s, these artists came into their prime in the 1960s and 70s, working against a backdrop of turbulent times of political and social changes. The zeitgeist of the post-war era challenged these artists to break away from the conventional to find new ways in representing Nanyang style, and to forge new aesthetics that represent the country's social and cultural identity. These artists' resilience and zeal propelled them to venture into lesser used mediums such as batik, aluminium and woodcuts, to capture and express the conditions of their time. Multiple lots by some of the most well-established second-generation artists are presented at Bonhams this season to represent the diversity of artistic practices that were present in Singapore in the post-war era. Batik and woodcut were used as a new field of art to figuratively portray romantic scenes and colours of the Nanyang landscape and way of life by See Cheen Tee (1928-1996), Chieu Shuey Fook (b. 1934), Seah Kim Joo (b. 1939), and Tay Chee Toh (b. 1941). Aluminium, on the other hand, was employed by Vincent Hoisington in his metal relief work, to mould a new visual language to echo the nation's industrialisation and urban development. Abstraction as a visual style was adopted by Vincent Hoisington (1924-1972), Tay Bak Koi (b. 1939) and Thomas Yeo (b. 1936), as these artists departed from the figurative narrative to convey the mood and atmosphere of the time. The Nanyang Style cultivated by the first-generation artists was both encompassed and resisted by these second-generation artists. The collective efforts of these artists to explore and innovate in the post-war era hence further the historical dialogue of the Singaporean artistic identity that they were grappling with.Chua Ek Kay's Old Street Scene is one of the earliest and most iconic of the artist's 'old street scene' series of works, deploying a singularly identifiable expressionistic tendency to depict the essence of Singapore in the by-gone years. In painting, the artist seemingly recasts himself in his earlier days, standing in front of old shophouses: the intricate atmosphere of a bustling street scene; the convivial flow of pedestrians; the parked cars and the unmistakable blue painted windows and door of typical old shophouses. Through Chua Ek Kay's unique artistic vocabulary, the artist stakes a place of importance for built heritage in our cultural lives. 作於1989年的「舊街景」，屬蔡逸溪創作中經典的街景系列，以寫意的水墨技法結合獨創的視覺空間描繪出新加坡昔日街道之美。藝術家以獨特的視角勾勒出店屋的一隅，彷彿孩童時的他站在建築物前，眼神聚焦在畫面的一個部分，街道上人群零星，單車靜謐地停靠在門口，水藍色的彩墨暈染在店屋的窗和門上，逸溪以獨特藝術語彙替新加坡文化遺產打造新空間概念及高度。
Bonhams
May. 20, 2018
CHUA EK KAY | A House in Winter
Est: S$11,000 - S$18,000
33.5 x 22 cm ink and colour on paper, framed inscribed, signed Yixi in Chinese upper left; stamped with a seal of artist upper left 蔡逸溪《冬天》彩墨紙本鏡芯款識：茅屋禁寒畫不開杏花消息早無回逸溪擬古（左上）鈐印：一方（左上）
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May. 20, 2018
CHUA EK KAY | A Repast
Est: S$18,000 - S$25,000
67.5 x 51 cm ink and colour on paper, framed inscribed, signed Yixi and dated 92 in Chinese upper left; stamped with a seal of artist upper left 蔡逸溪《五月蕭齋》1992 年作彩墨紙本鏡芯款識：五月蕭齋九二年逸溪寫（左上）鈐印：一方（左上）
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May. 20, 2018
CHUA EK KAY | A Forest beneath Towering Cliffs
Est: S$22,000 - S$35,000
68 x 40.5 cm ink and colour on paper, framed inscribed, signed Cai Yixi and dated xinyi year (2001) in Chinese; stamped with a seal of artist upper left 蔡逸溪《高聳懸崖下的森林》2001 年作彩墨紙本鏡芯款識：詩酒勞吾餞。笙語趁爾遊桃前垂釣客。楊柳渡冮人煙花三月幕。古蹟六朝收步隨金谷障。人上武林舟試馬跨金勤。聽鸚買玉壺打鼓前朝午。操豚殼丙辰詩篇曾送別。花鳥最閱情拾翠芒鞋隱。尋芳曲徑通前程新綠以。舊約小紅樓青朽曾杞月。綠枊又天涯辛巳蔡逸溪寫（左上）鈐印：遠濤（左上）
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Apr. 15, 2018
Chua Ek Kay (B. China, 1947-2008) Afternoon Rain, 2002
Est: RM6,000 - RM12,000
Chua Ek Kay , Afternoon Rain, 2002 Lithograph in colours on wove paper, Edition PP 1 127 x 101.6 cm
KLAS Art Auction
Mar. 29, 2018
Chua Ek Kay (Singaporean, 1947-2008) The Best Time (Shophouse Series)
Est: HKD80,000 - HKD120,000
Chua Ek Kay (Singaporean, 1947-2008) The Best Time (Shophouse Series)
Bonhams
Feb. 04, 2018
CHUA EK KAY | Chrysanthemum and Tea Pot
Est: S$5,000 - S$7,000
65 x 47 cm ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll titled and signed in Chinese; stamped with a seal of the artist upper left 蔡逸溪《菊花茶壺圖》水墨設色紙本立軸款識：菊花茶壺圖逸溪（左上）欽印：遠濤（左上）
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Feb. 04, 2018
CHUA EK KAY | Pots of Orchid
Est: S$6,000 - S$8,000
96 x 89.5 cm ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll signed in chinese and dated 99 lower middle 蔡逸溪《蘭花》1999 水墨設色紙本立軸款識：蔡逸溪 99年（中下）
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Oct. 23, 2017
CHUA EK KAY (1947-2008) AFTERNOON RAIN, 2002 LITHOGRAPH IN COLORS ON WOVE PAPER,
Est: $700 - $900
Chua Ek Kay (1947-2008) Afternoon Rain, 2002 Lithograph in colors on wove paper, with full margins 41-1/4 x 33-1/4 inches (104.8 x 84.5 cm) (image) 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm) (sheet) P.P. I Signed, dated, titled, and annotated in pencil in lower margin Published by Singapore Tyler Printing Institute, Singapore HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Oct. 23, 2017
CHUA EK KAY (1947-2008) WHERE THE BREEZE PASSES BY, 2002 LITHOGRAPH IN COLORS ON
Est: $700 - $900
Chua Ek Kay (1947-2008) Where the Breeze Passes by, 2002 Lithograph in colors on wove paper, with full margins 40 x 33 inches (101.6 x 83.8 cm) (image) 50-1/2 x 40-1/4 (128.3 x 102.2 cm) (sheet) P.P. I Signed, dated, titled, and annotated in pencil in lower margin, with publisher's stamp Published by Singapore Tyler Printing Institute, Singapore HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Oct. 15, 2017
CHUA EK KAY | Set of 3 Still Life
Est: S$6,000 - S$9,000
29cm diameter ink and colour on paper, framed each inscribed in Chinese and stamped with a seal of artist upper right 蔡逸溪《靜物圖》彩墨纸本镜芯 i)款識：竹報平安（右上）欽印：遠濤（右上） ii)款識：吉祥之秋（右上）欽印：遠濤（右上） iii)款識：薰蘭有訉（右上）欽印：遠濤（右上）
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Oct. 15, 2017
CHUA EK KAY | Temple
Est: S$6,000 - S$10,000
56 x 29 cm ink and colour on paper, framed signed and dated 92 in Chinese lower left 蔡逸溪《遠望寺塔》1992 彩墨纸本镜芯款識：九二逸溪（左下）欽印：蔡（左下）
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May. 28, 2017
CHUA EK KAY (SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) UNTITLED
Est: $45,000 - $65,000
CHUA EK KAY (SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) UNTITLED ink and colour on paper 104 x 34 cm. (41 x 13 3/8 in.) one seal of the artist
Christie's
May. 28, 2017
CHUA EK KAY (SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) CHRYSANTHEMUM TEA AND TEAPOT
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
CHUA EK KAY (SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) CHRYSANTHEMUM TEA AND TEAPOT ink on paper 66 x 48 cm. (26 x 18 7/8 in.)
Christie's
May. 28, 2017
CHUA EK KAY (SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) LOTUS POND - THE SUMMER HAPPENINGS
Est: $400,000 - $500,000
CHUA EK KAY (SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) LOTUS POND - THE SUMMER HAPPENINGS Chinese ink and pigments on paper 91 x 177 cm. (35 7/8 x 69 5/8 in.)
Christie's
May. 14, 2017
CHUA EK KAY | Carefree
Est: S$12,000 - S$16,000
136 x 34 cm | ink and colour on paper, framed | inscribed, signed and dated summer 1987 in Chinese upper right; stamped with a seal of artist
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May. 14, 2017
CHUA EK KAY | A Set of 3 Still Life - Pear, Chrysanthemum and Pomegranate
Est: S$7,000 - S$9,000
29 cm diameter each | ink and colour on paper, framed | each titled and stamped with a seal of artist
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Nov. 27, 2016
CHUA EK KAY SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) LAVENDER ink and colour on paper 90 x 97
Est: $240,000 - $350,000
CHUA EK KAY SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) LAVENDER ink and colour on paper 90 x 97 cm. 35 3/8 x 38 1/4 in.)
Christie's
Nov. 27, 2016
CHUA EK KAY SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) CHINESE CABBAGE ink and colour on paper 6
Est: $50,000 - $60,000
CHUA EK KAY SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) CHINESE CABBAGE ink and colour on paper 66 x 44.5 cm. 26 x 17 3/4 in.)
Christie's
Nov. 27, 2016
CHUA EK KAY SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) LOTUS FLOWER ink and colour on paper 66 x
Est: $50,000 - $60,000
CHUA EK KAY SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) LOTUS FLOWER ink and colour on paper 66 x 45 cm. 26 x 17 3/4 in.)
Christie's
Nov. 27, 2016
CHUA EK KAY SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) After the Rain ink and colour on paper 90
Est: $280,000 - $380,000
CHUA EK KAY SINGAPORE, 1947-2008) After the Rain ink and colour on paper 90 x 97 cm. 35 3/8 x 38 1/4 in.)
Christie's
May. 15, 2016
CHUA, Ek Kay (Singapore 1947-2008)
Est: $400 - $700
CHUA, Ek Kay (Singapore 1947-2008) 'Reflections on the Lotus Pond,' 2002. From Being and Becoming: The Lotus Pond Series.' Litho 2/30 108x82cm (sheet)
Davidson Auctions
Apr. 04, 2016
CHUA EK KAY | Tall Buildings
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
Ink and color on paper
Sotheby's
Apr. 04, 2016
CHUA EK KAY | Bicycles by Shop Houses
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
Ink and colour on paper
Sotheby's
Nov. 29, 2015
CHUA EK KAY (Singaporean, 1947-2009) Archipelago 1, 2, & 3
Est: -
CHUA EK KAY (Singaporean, 1947-2009) Archipelago 1, 2, & 3
Christie's
Nov. 29, 2015
CHUA EK KAY (Singaporean, 1947-2008) Lotus Pond
Est: -
CHUA EK KAY (Singaporean, 1947-2008) Lotus Pond
Christie's
Oct. 05, 2015
CHUA EK KAY | Shop Houses
Est: $70,000 - $90,000
Ink and colour on paper
Sotheby's
May. 31, 2015
CHUA EK KAY (Singaporean, 1947-2008) View of an Anhui Garden
Est: $160,000 - $240,000
CHUA EK KAY (Singaporean, 1947-2008) View of an Anhui Garden ink on paper 69 x 69 cm. (27 1/8 x 27 1/8 in.)
Christie's
May. 31, 2015
CHUA EK KAY (Singaporean, 1947-2008) The Season of Seagulls
Est: $180,000 - $280,000
CHUA EK KAY (Singaporean, 1947-2008) The Season of Seagulls ink and colour on paper 48.5 x 153 cm. (19 1/8 x 60 1/4 in.)
Christie's
Apr. 25, 2015
Lotus Pond Series - Reflections of Cao
Est: $180,000 - $240,000
Chua Ek Kay (1947-2008) Lotus Pond Series - Reflections of Cao signed in Chinese; dated '07' (lower middle); one seal of the artist ink on rice paper 124 x 123.5 cm. (48 7/8 x 48 5/8 in.) Painted in 2007
Christie's
Apr. 05, 2015
CHUA EK KAY | Bicycles by the Shophouse
Est: $80,000 - $150,000
Ink and colour laid on matboard
Sotheby's
Apr. 05, 2015
CHUA EK KAY | Lotus Pond
Est: $80,000 - $150,000
Ink and colour on paper laid on matboard
Sotheby's
Feb. 25, 2015
Chua Ek Kay (1947-2008) Asian Art
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
'Bamboo 'Ao Qing', 2004 Ink on paper, inscribed and with artist's seals; mounted, framed and glazed. 181cm (71 1/4in) x 50cm (19 3/4in) (2).
Bonhams
May. 26, 2013
CHUA EK KAY
Est: -
CHUA EK KAY (Singaporean, 1947-2008) Streetscape; & Lotus Pond signed in Chinese and dated '01' (lower right); signed in Chinese and dated '05' (lower right) two ink on paper 34 x 34.5 cm. (13 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.) ; 34.5 x 41.5 cm. (13 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.) (2) Painted in 2001; 2005 (2)
Christie's