Eikoh Hosoe
Man and Woman #12, 1960
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 15.000 USD
Price realised: 15.000 USD
Description
ferrotyped gelatin silver print
signed in pencil in Japanese and stamped photographer's credit (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 21. 5 x 30.4 cm.
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo; | acquired from the above by the present owner.
signed in pencil in Japanese and stamped photographer's credit (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 21. 5 x 30.4 cm.
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo; | acquired from the above by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Eikoh Hosoe achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in June 2020. In the Photographs auction, the work Man and Woman #12, 1960 sold for USD 15,000.00 (€ 13,355.89) - well above the upper estimate of USD 8,000.00. Admittedly, works by Eikoh Hosoe have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Yayoi Kusama (Imaged Taken In 1964, Printed In 2016) in April this year with an auction result of HKD 81,600.00 (€ 83,329.57).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Eikoh Hosoe erzielte im Juni 2020 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs wurde die Arbeit Man and Woman #12, 1960 für USD 15.000,00 (€ 13.355,89) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 8.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Eikoh Hosoe auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Yayoi Kusama (Imaged Taken In 1964, Printed In 2016) im April diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von HKD 81.600,00 (€ 83.329,57).
Eikoh Hosoe - Auction history
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