Kitano Tsunetomi
Sagi Musume (The Heron Maiden), 1925
Estimate: 3.000 - 4.000 USD
Price realised: 3.585 USD
Price realised: 3.585 USD
Description
Kitano Tsunetomi (1880-1947)
Sagi musume (The heron maiden), 1925
Woodcut, signed Tsunetomi hitsu, published by Nezu Saitaro, no edition number--very good impression and color, silver mica ground, gofun, lightly stained particularly in head wrap, upper and lower left corners creased
dai-oban: 54.5 x 36.5cm.
Sagi musume (The heron maiden), 1925
Woodcut, signed Tsunetomi hitsu, published by Nezu Saitaro, no edition number--very good impression and color, silver mica ground, gofun, lightly stained particularly in head wrap, upper and lower left corners creased
dai-oban: 54.5 x 36.5cm.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Sagi Musume (The Heron Maiden), 1925 by Kitano Tsunetomi was auctioned at Christies in New York in September 2004. The price achieved of USD 3,585.00 (€ 2,887.17) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 3,000.00 – 4,000.00. Admittedly, works by Kitano Tsunetomi have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume) in November 2019 with an auction result of GBP 17,500.00 (€ 20,549.28).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Sagi Musume (The Heron Maiden), 1925 von Kitano Tsunetomi kam im September 2004 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 3.585,00 (€ 2.887,17) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 3.000,00 – 4.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Kitano Tsunetomi auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume) im November 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 17.500,00 (€ 20.549,28).
Kitano Tsunetomi - Auction history
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