Walter Spies's Auction Record Jumps 86%
3 min read · 27 Mar 2026
Blick von der höhe (A view from the heights). Image courtesy of Christie's
Walter Spies, Blick von der höhe (A view from the heights) (1934) sold for $7.56m (HKD59.06m), more than the low estimate at Christie's in Hong Kong on March 27. The oil on canvas work has been traded 5 times in the past.
The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $3.49m, a 86% rise.
Balinesische Legende (Balinese Legend) (1929). Sold for $2.18m in 2010. Image courtesy of Christie's
The artist’s previous auction record was set by the same work, selling for $4.06m at Sotheby's on October 05, 2013.
Sale Date | Title | Price | Record Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 27, 2026 | Blick von der höhe (A view from the heights) | $7.56m | 86 % | Christie's | Hong Kong |
October 05, 2013 | Blick von der höhe (A view from the heights) | $4.06m | 87 % | Sotheby's | Hong Kong |
November 29, 2010 | Balinesische Legende (Balinese Legend) | $2.18m | 80 % | Christie's | Hong Kong |
October 06, 2008 | Heimkehrende Javaner (Javanese Returning Home) | $1.21m | 18 % | Sotheby's | Hong Kong |
October 27, 2002 | The Landscape and her Children / Die landschaft und Ihre kinder | $1.03m | 6 % | Christie's | Hong Kong |
September 30, 2001 | Blick von der höhe (A view from the heights) | $971,900 | 40 % | Christie's | Singapore |
March 29, 1997 | Berge Und Teich (mountains And Pond) | $696,100 | 3 % | Sotheby's | Singapore |
October 06, 1996 | View across the Sawahs to Gunung Agung | $672,900 | 8 % | Christie's | Singapore |
October 01, 1995 | The Landscape and her Children / Die landschaft und Ihre kinder | $625,400 | 125 % | Christie's | Singapore |
November 21, 1994 | Through the palm-trees | $278,000 | 27 % | Glerum Auctioneers | - |
June 08, 1994 | Balinese landscape with volcano and temple | $219,200 | - | Glerum Auctioneers | - |
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