Kitagawa Utamaro

a couple enjoying a sexual encounter

Found at Bonhams, London
From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, Lot 433
23. May - 23. May 2023
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 768 GBP
KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753-1806)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1799
An oban yoko-e shunga print from the series Negai no itoguchi (Unravelling the Threads of Desire), depicting a couple enjoying a sexual encounter, unsigned; framed and glazed. 25cm x 38cm (9 7/8in x 14 15/16in).

Auction result well in line with expectations

The work a couple enjoying a sexual encounter by Kitagawa Utamaro was auctioned at Bonhams in London in May this year. It changed hands for a price of GBP 768.00 (€ 893.57) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 600.00 – 800.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Kitagawa Utamaro achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work L'amour évident (Arawaruru koi), portrait en buste (okubi-e) d'une jeune femme s'arrangeant une épingle à cheveux sur fond micacé, de la série Anthologie de poèmes: la section de l'amour, (Kasen koi no bu in May 2018 with an auction result of EUR 381,000.00.

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Die Arbeit a couple enjoying a sexual encounter von Kitagawa Utamaro kam im Mai diesen Jahres bei Bonhams in London zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 768,00 (€ 893,57) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 600,00 – 800,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Kitagawa Utamaro erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit L'amour évident (Arawaruru koi), portrait en buste (okubi-e) d'une jeune femme s'arrangeant une épingle à cheveux sur fond micacé, de la série Anthologie de poèmes: la section de l'amour, (Kasen koi no bu im Mai 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 381.000,00.

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