Kitao Shigemasa

Kitao Shigemasa (1739-1820)

Found at Christies, New York
Japanese and Korean Art, Lot 1
18. Sep - 18. Sep 2007
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 625 USD
Kitao Shigemasa (1739-1820)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Utagawa Kunimasa III (1823-1880)
Inoue Tankei (1864-1889)
Nineteen prints including Yatsushi hakkei: Awazu seiran (Stylishly informal eight views: Clearing weather at Awazu), a parody of Omi hakkei (Eight views of Omi) with an interior scene open to a veranda and flowering branches depicting four boys encircled by a cloth "rope," two hold a partially unfurled banner attached to a pole, a mask on the floor behind them, signed Kitao Shigemasa; twelve keyblocks for newspaper illustrations depicting municipal buildings, legendary scenes and landscapes, most signed Taiso Yoshitoshi or Hiroshige ga; Mishima, from the series Suehiro gojusantsugi (Folding fan fifty-three stations [of the Tokaido]), signed Hiroshige ga; Tokaido gojusantsugi: Oigawa no zu (Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido: View of the Oi River), triptych, signed Ichijusai Kunimasa ga; a print from the series Dai Nihon mei shokan signed Oju Yoshitoshi; Tanaka Tsurukichi, from the series Kyodo risshiki (Chronicles of great achievers), depicting a man seated on a tree stump with two so
chuban tate-e: 25.4 x 18.2cm., first; 40 x 28cm., keyblocks, each approx.; oban tate-e: 37.3 x 25.5cm., others, each approx. (19)
- Jacob Pins, first

Auction result misses estimated price range

When the work Kitao Shigemasa (1739-1820) by Kitao Shigemasa was auctioned at Christies in New York in September 2007, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 1,000.00 – 1,500.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 625.00 (€ 439.55). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Kitao Shigemasa achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work La première, période Edo (1615-1868), fin du 18e et début 19e siècle ; la seconde, probablement ère Showa (1926-1989), début du 20e siècle in October this year with an auction result of EUR 11,520.00.

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Als die Arbeit Kitao Shigemasa (1739-1820) von Kitao Shigemasa im September 2007 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 1.000,00 – 1.500,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 625,00 (€ 439,55) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Kitao Shigemasa erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit La première, période Edo (1615-1868), fin du 18e et début 19e siècle ; la seconde, probablement ère Showa (1926-1989), début du 20e siècle im Oktober diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 11.520,00.

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