• Pierre-Auguste Renoir - La Promenade au bord de la mer

• Zhang Enli - Intimacy

Both artworks have identical pre-auction estimates of HKD 18,000,000 – HKD 28,000,000 (~$3 million).

This market resolves to the artwork which sells for a higher value at their upcoming Christie's auction.

Resolution details

• Example from a past auction: this painting by Gentilesch has a "price realised" of USD 982,800. This is the equivalent number I will use—whatever is displayed by the auction page.

• Note that the final listed sale price typically includes the buyer's premium (and potentially other fees).

• Edge cases:

  • If one is pulled before it is put up for auction, resolves N/A.

  • If one goes up for auction but fails to sell for any reason, it resolves to the other.

  • If there's a tie or they both fail to sell, both resolve at 50%.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - La Promenade au bord de la mer

Painted in the summer of 1892, La Promenade au bord de la mer (Le Bois de la Chaise, Noirmoutier) is a radiant example of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s mature landscapes, capturing his romanticized vision of the French coastline. This work harmoniously blends elements of his earlier Impressionist technique—fluid, atmospheric brushwork—with the more structured, sculptural approach that emerged in his paintings of the 1880s. Here, Renoir emphasizes the sinuous rhythms of the landscape, interweaving elegant lines with a lush, dappled palette to evoke the tranquil beauty of Noirmoutier, the idyllic island retreat that inspired several of his compositions, including Bois de la Chaise. (Lot essay)

Zhang Enli - Intimacy

Using the outside world as a mirror, Zhang Enli documents the more prosaic aspects of contemporary life. He regularly works with everyday objects that he is instinctively drawn to, for example a piece of string, a hose, or even a marble ball from the floor of his studio. Zhang Enli often magnifies his subjects until a specific fragment of a scene is depicted, as if enlarged through the viewfinder of a camera. (hauserwirth.com)