Ippitsusai Buncho
Ebiya Nai Utanosuke (Utanosuke of The Ebiya), From The Series Fujibumi (Folded Love-Letters)
Found at
Christies,
New York
Japanese Art Including Property of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lot 4
28. Mar - 28. Mar 2006
Japanese Art Including Property of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lot 4
28. Mar - 28. Mar 2006
Estimate: 3.000 - 4.000 USD
Price realised: 3.600 USD
Price realised: 3.600 USD
Description
Ippitsusai Buncho (fl. ca. 1765-92)
Ebiya nai Utanosuke (Utanosuke of the Ebiya), from the series Fujibumi (Folded love-letters)
Full-length portrait in an interior of the courtesan Utanosuke holding a letter in her mouth while adjusting the obi of her kamuro, behind them a pillar-mounted flower vase, a large chest bearing hardware with orange blossom crest and a sliding door decorated with Mount Fuji above, the title cartouche in the shape of a folded love letter, signed Ippitsusai Buncho ga, sealed Mori uji--very good impression, some colors faded, minute nick top center margin, paper thinned and repair upper left corner
hosoban: 30.5 x 14cm.
Ebiya nai Utanosuke (Utanosuke of the Ebiya), from the series Fujibumi (Folded love-letters)
Full-length portrait in an interior of the courtesan Utanosuke holding a letter in her mouth while adjusting the obi of her kamuro, behind them a pillar-mounted flower vase, a large chest bearing hardware with orange blossom crest and a sliding door decorated with Mount Fuji above, the title cartouche in the shape of a folded love letter, signed Ippitsusai Buncho ga, sealed Mori uji--very good impression, some colors faded, minute nick top center margin, paper thinned and repair upper left corner
hosoban: 30.5 x 14cm.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Ebiya Nai Utanosuke (Utanosuke of The Ebiya), From The Series Fujibumi (Folded Love-Letters) by Ippitsusai Buncho was sold in the Japanese Art Including Property of The Metropolitan Museum of Art auction at Christies in New York in March 2006. The price achieved of USD 3,600.00 (€ 2,965.65) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 3,000.00 – 4,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ippitsusai Buncho - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A full-length portrait of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a boatman, signed Ippitsusai Buncho ga--very good impression, good color though some pigments faded, slight stain and soiling near edges, which sold at auction in September 2000 for USD 9,400.00 (€ 10,637.09).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Ebiya Nai Utanosuke (Utanosuke of The Ebiya), From The Series Fujibumi (Folded Love-Letters) von Ippitsusai Buncho wurde im März 2006 in der Auktion Japanese Art Including Property of The Metropolitan Museum of Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 3.600,00 (€ 2.965,65) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 3.000,00 – 4.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Ippitsusai Buncho mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A full-length portrait of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a boatman, signed Ippitsusai Buncho ga--very good impression, good color though some pigments faded, slight stain and soiling near edges beobachtet, die im September 2000 für USD 9.400,00 (€ 10.637,09) versteigert wurde.
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