Kitagawa Utamaro
Utamakura (Poem of the pillow)
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 22.680 USD
Price realised: 22.680 USD
Description
KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
Utamakura (Poem of the pillow)
Woodblock-printed illustrated book, six illustrations with preface and end text, missing six illustrations, sold as is; ink and color on paper, embellishments of gauffrage, blue paper covers with yellow title slip; published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, dated Yatsu no hatsuharu (first month 1788)
Illustrations included:
1. Abalone diver raped by scaly river monster (kappa) as her companion looks on in horror and fascination
2. Woman discovering another woman's love letter hidden in the robe of her young lover
Utamakura (Poem of the pillow)
Woodblock-printed illustrated book, six illustrations with preface and end text, missing six illustrations, sold as is; ink and color on paper, embellishments of gauffrage, blue paper covers with yellow title slip; published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, dated Yatsu no hatsuharu (first month 1788)
Illustrations included:
1. Abalone diver raped by scaly river monster (kappa) as her companion looks on in horror and fascination
2. Woman discovering another woman's love letter hidden in the robe of her young lover
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Utamakura (Poem of the pillow) by Kitagawa Utamaro was sold in the Japanese and Korean Art auction at Christies in Los Angeles in September this year. The price achieved of USD 22,680.00 (€ 21,428.57) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 20,000.00 – 30,000.00. 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 Utamakura (Poem of the pillow) von Kitagawa Utamaro wurde im September diesen Jahres in der Auktion Japanese and Korean Art bei Christies in Los Angeles versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 22.680,00 (€ 21.428,57) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 20.000,00 – 30.000,00 angegeben worden. 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.
Kitagawa Utamaro - Auction history
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