Ishiuchi Miyako
Yokosuka Story
Found at
Phillips,
London Auction
ULTIMATE Evening & Photographs Day Sales, Lot 19
18. May - 18. May 2018
ULTIMATE Evening & Photographs Day Sales, Lot 19
18. May - 18. May 2018
Estimate: 70.000 - 90.000 GBP
Price realised: 106.250 GBP
Price realised: 106.250 GBP
Description
1976-1977
22 unique gelatin silver prints, printed 1979.
Each sheet: 11.9 x 16.3 cm (4 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
Each frame: 22 x 26 cm (8 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Each signed in rōmaji and dated in ink on the verso.
This work is unique. These 22 prints were part of nearly 100 unique cabinet-card-sized prints of Yokosuka Storymade by Ishiuchi in 1979 for a Nikon Salon exhibition in Paris that never materialised. Acquired by the present owner in 2010 – when these prints were first made available – they represent the largest holding of this work in private hands. London’s Tate Modern acquired 40 prints in 2013 and the others are held privately and by the
The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka | Private Collection, Japan
22 unique gelatin silver prints, printed 1979.
Each sheet: 11.9 x 16.3 cm (4 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
Each frame: 22 x 26 cm (8 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Each signed in rōmaji and dated in ink on the verso.
This work is unique. These 22 prints were part of nearly 100 unique cabinet-card-sized prints of Yokosuka Storymade by Ishiuchi in 1979 for a Nikon Salon exhibition in Paris that never materialised. Acquired by the present owner in 2010 – when these prints were first made available – they represent the largest holding of this work in private hands. London’s Tate Modern acquired 40 prints in 2013 and the others are held privately and by the
The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka | Private Collection, Japan
A top price for Ishiuchi Miyako
The work Yokosuka Story by Ishiuchi Miyako was sold in the ULTIMATE Evening & Photographs Day Sales auction at Phillips in London in May 2018. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 106,250.00 (€ 120,990.25), 18% above the upper estimate. With this result, Yokosuka Story is even the most expensive work of art by Ishiuchi Miyako that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ishiuchi Miyako
Die Arbeit Yokosuka Story von Ishiuchi Miyako wurde im Mai 2018 in der Auktion ULTIMATE Evening & Photographs Day Sales bei Phillips in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 106.250,00 (€ 120.990,25) und damit 18% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Yokosuka Story sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Ishiuchi Miyako, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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