Hishikawa Moronobu
Lovers with attendant
Estimate: 8.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 9.600 USD
Price realised: 9.600 USD
Description
Hishikawa Moronobu (ca. 1618-1694)
Lovers with attendant
Sumizuri-e album sheet with hand-applied color, depicting lovers under a mosquito net and a servant watching--very good impression, centerfold, soiled, stained, rubbed, damages
oban yoko-e: 26 x 34.3cm.
Lovers with attendant
Sumizuri-e album sheet with hand-applied color, depicting lovers under a mosquito net and a servant watching--very good impression, centerfold, soiled, stained, rubbed, damages
oban yoko-e: 26 x 34.3cm.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Lovers with attendant by Hishikawa Moronobu was sold in the Japanese and Korean Art auction at Christies in New York in March 2007. It changed hands for a price of USD 9,600.00 (€ 7,178.11) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 8,000.00 – 10,000.00. Admittedly, works by Hishikawa Moronobu have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Beauty turning her head, c. 1690 in March 2009 with an auction result of USD 74,500.00 (€ 56,179.78).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Lovers with attendant von Hishikawa Moronobu wurde im März 2007 in der Auktion Japanese and Korean Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 9.600,00 (€ 7.178,11) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 8.000,00 – 10.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Hishikawa Moronobu auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Beauty turning her head, c. 1690 im März 2009 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 74.500,00 (€ 56.179,78).
Hishikawa Moronobu - Auction history
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