Eikoh Hosoe
Ordeal by Roses, 1961
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 9.375 USD
Price realised: 9.375 USD
Description
gelatin silver print
signed in Japanese, titled and dated in pencil, credited and variously inscribed in red pencil in both Japanese and English (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 42.5 x 26.6 cm.
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo; | acquired from the above by the present owner.
signed in Japanese, titled and dated in pencil, credited and variously inscribed in red pencil in both Japanese and English (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 42.5 x 26.6 cm.
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo; | acquired from the above by the present owner.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In June 2020 Christies in New York held the auction Photographs, which included the work Ordeal by Roses, 1961 by Eikoh Hosoe. The »bidding war« ended at USD 9,375.00 (€ 8,347.43), 17% above the upper estimate. 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 leicht übertroffen
Im Juni 2020 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Photographs durch, in der auch die Arbeit Ordeal by Roses, 1961 von Eikoh Hosoe zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 9.375,00 (€ 8.347,43) und damit 17% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. 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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