Kitano Tsunetomi
Sagi musume (The heron maiden)
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 7.560 USD
Price realised: 7.560 USD
Description
KITANO TSUNETOMI (1880-1947)
Sagi musume (The heron maiden)
Woodblock print, from the series Shiki bijin, with paper folder and orange title slip and titled Fuyu (Winter), embellished with mica ground and hand-painted pigments, signed Tsunetomi hitsu and sealed, published by Nezu Saitaro, numbered 33
Vertical double oban: 21 3/8 x 14 3/8 in. (54.2 x 36.5 cm.)
Sagi musume (The heron maiden)
Woodblock print, from the series Shiki bijin, with paper folder and orange title slip and titled Fuyu (Winter), embellished with mica ground and hand-painted pigments, signed Tsunetomi hitsu and sealed, published by Nezu Saitaro, numbered 33
Vertical double oban: 21 3/8 x 14 3/8 in. (54.2 x 36.5 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Kitano Tsunetomi achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in March this year. In the Japanese and Korean Art auction, the work Sagi musume (The heron maiden) sold for USD 7,560.00 (€ 6,953.64) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Kitano Tsunetomi - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume), which sold at auction in November 2019 for GBP 17,500.00 (€ 20,549.28).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Kitano Tsunetomi erzielte im März diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Japanese and Korean Art wurde die Arbeit Sagi musume (The heron maiden) für USD 7.560,00 (€ 6.953,64) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Kitano Tsunetomi mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume) beobachtet, die im November 2019 für GBP 17.500,00 (€ 20.549,28) versteigert wurde.
Kitano Tsunetomi - Auction history
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