Keisai Eisen
Unknown
Found at
Bonhams,
London
From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, Lot 354
23. May - 23. May 2023
From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, Lot 354
23. May - 23. May 2023
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 1.280 GBP
Price realised: 1.280 GBP
Description
KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848)
Edo period (1615-1868), early to mid-19th century
Four oban tate-e bijinga prints: the first of Fukuroi: Kuratayanai Enishi (Post Station Fukuroi: Enishi of the Kurataya) from the series Keisei dochu sugoroku/Mitate Yoshiwara gojusan tsui (A Tokaido Board Game of Courtesans: 53 Pairings in the Yoshiwara); the second titled Aki no hi no kosame (Light Rain on Autumn Day) from an untitled series; the third of Nihonzutsumi no rakugan/Tamayanai Tamagushi (Descending Geese on the Nihon Embankment/The Courtesan Tamagushi of the Tamaya) from the series Shin Yoshiwara hakkei (Eight Views of the New Yoshiwara); the last of Aoyama Sendagaya no Fuji (Mount Fuji from Sendagaya, Aoyama) from the series Fuji no yuki (Snow on Mount Fuji); all variously published and all signed Keisai Eisen ga; all moutned on card. The smallest: 35cm x 22.7cm (13¾in x 8 15/16in); the largest: 38.5cm x 26cm (15 1/8in x 10¼in). (4).
Edo period (1615-1868), early to mid-19th century
Four oban tate-e bijinga prints: the first of Fukuroi: Kuratayanai Enishi (Post Station Fukuroi: Enishi of the Kurataya) from the series Keisei dochu sugoroku/Mitate Yoshiwara gojusan tsui (A Tokaido Board Game of Courtesans: 53 Pairings in the Yoshiwara); the second titled Aki no hi no kosame (Light Rain on Autumn Day) from an untitled series; the third of Nihonzutsumi no rakugan/Tamayanai Tamagushi (Descending Geese on the Nihon Embankment/The Courtesan Tamagushi of the Tamaya) from the series Shin Yoshiwara hakkei (Eight Views of the New Yoshiwara); the last of Aoyama Sendagaya no Fuji (Mount Fuji from Sendagaya, Aoyama) from the series Fuji no yuki (Snow on Mount Fuji); all variously published and all signed Keisai Eisen ga; all moutned on card. The smallest: 35cm x 22.7cm (13¾in x 8 15/16in); the largest: 38.5cm x 26cm (15 1/8in x 10¼in). (4).
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May this year Bonhams in London held the auction From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, which included the work Unknown by Keisai Eisen. The price achieved of GBP 1,280.00 (€ 1,489.29) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 1,000.00 – 1,500.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Keisai Eisen achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Courtesan in September 2004 with an auction result of USD 23,900.00 (€ 19,247.81).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai diesen Jahres führte Bonhams in London die Auktion From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries durch, in der auch die Arbeit Unknown von Keisai Eisen zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 1.280,00 (€ 1.489,29) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 1.000,00 – 1.500,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Keisai Eisen erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Courtesan im September 2004 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 23.900,00 (€ 19.247,81).
Keisai Eisen - Auction history
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