Ito Jakuchu
Suibokuyu (The Pleasure of Ink)
Found at
Christies,
New York
Japanese Art Including Property of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lot 190
28. Mar - 28. Mar 2006
Japanese Art Including Property of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lot 190
28. Mar - 28. Mar 2006
Estimate: 80.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 441.600 USD
Price realised: 441.600 USD
Description
Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800)
Suibokuyu (The pleasure of ink)
Sealed Tobei, To Chugin in and Jakuchu koji, titled by Musen Jozen (d. 1764), sealed Jozen no in and two other seals, title cartouche (shown on this page) by rubbing-print technique titled Suibokuyu and sealed Tobeian
Handscroll; ink on paper and takuhanga (rubbing print)
12 1/8 x 222 3/8in. (30.9 x 564.6cm.)
Suibokuyu (The pleasure of ink)
Sealed Tobei, To Chugin in and Jakuchu koji, titled by Musen Jozen (d. 1764), sealed Jozen no in and two other seals, title cartouche (shown on this page) by rubbing-print technique titled Suibokuyu and sealed Tobeian
Handscroll; ink on paper and takuhanga (rubbing print)
12 1/8 x 222 3/8in. (30.9 x 564.6cm.)
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Suibokuyu (The Pleasure of Ink) by Ito Jakuchu was auctioned at Christies in New York in March 2006, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 100,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 441,600.00 (€ 363,786.14). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ito Jakuchu - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Pair Of Cranes And The Rising Sun, which sold at auction in March 2021 for USD 1,590,000.00 (€ 1,353,998.13).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Suibokuyu (The Pleasure of Ink) von Ito Jakuchu im März 2006 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 100.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 441.600,00 (€ 363.786,14) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Ito Jakuchu mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Pair Of Cranes And The Rising Sun beobachtet, die im März 2021 für USD 1.590.000,00 (€ 1.353.998,13) versteigert wurde.
Ito Jakuchu - Auction history
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