Itō Shinsui
Unknown
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 USD
Price realised: 1.020 USD
Price realised: 1.020 USD
Description
Property of various owners
ITŌ SHINSUI (1898-1972)
Showa era (1926-1989), 1929
A dai ōban tate-e print entitled Han-eri (Collar for an Undergarment), from the series Gendai bijin-shū, dai-isshū (A Collection of Today's Beauties, First Series), signed Shinsui ga and sealed Shinsui, published by Watanabe Shōzaburō, the verso with hand-numbered limited edition seal on verso Nihyaku-gojū mai zeppan, dai [][] ban (250 limited edition, number (effaced)), followed by publisher's rectangular seal Watanabe
17 x 11in (43.3 x 27.9cm)
ITŌ SHINSUI (1898-1972)
Showa era (1926-1989), 1929
A dai ōban tate-e print entitled Han-eri (Collar for an Undergarment), from the series Gendai bijin-shū, dai-isshū (A Collection of Today's Beauties, First Series), signed Shinsui ga and sealed Shinsui, published by Watanabe Shōzaburō, the verso with hand-numbered limited edition seal on verso Nihyaku-gojū mai zeppan, dai [][] ban (250 limited edition, number (effaced)), followed by publisher's rectangular seal Watanabe
17 x 11in (43.3 x 27.9cm)
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Unknown by Ito Shinsui was auctioned at Bonhams in New York in September last year, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 1,500.00 – 2,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 1,020.00 (€ 1,042.62). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Ito Shinsui achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Taikyo (Before the mirror [Red geisha)|AID524033] in December 2021 with an auction result of GBP 52,920.00 (€ 63,122.46).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Unknown von Ito Shinsui im September letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 1.500,00 – 2.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 1.020,00 (€ 1.042,62) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Ito Shinsui erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Taikyo (Before the mirror [Red geisha)|AID524033] im Dezember 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 52.920,00 (€ 63.122,46).
Ito Shinsui - Auction history
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