Masahisa Fukase
Cape Erimo from Ravens
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 GBP
Price realised: 93.750 GBP
Price realised: 93.750 GBP
Description
1976
Gelatin silver print, printed 1986.
Image: 28.2 x 42.2 cm (11 1/8 x 16 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 36.5 x 49.1 cm (14 3/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
Signed in rōmaji in ink in the margin; annotated ‘Hokkaido Erimo Misaki’ in Japanese and dated ‘76’ and ‘86’ in pencil on the verso. Accompanied by Zeit-Foto Salon gallery label.
This work is one of only two known extant large-format exhibition prints made by Fukase of his most-iconic Ravens image; the other print, held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is signed in pencil on the verso and similar in print date and size. As of this writing, a total of only five self-made prints of this image are known to exist. Aside from the two exhibition prints, the print dates of the other three works, which are smaller in size and h
Gelatin silver print, printed 1986.
Image: 28.2 x 42.2 cm (11 1/8 x 16 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 36.5 x 49.1 cm (14 3/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
Signed in rōmaji in ink in the margin; annotated ‘Hokkaido Erimo Misaki’ in Japanese and dated ‘76’ and ‘86’ in pencil on the verso. Accompanied by Zeit-Foto Salon gallery label.
This work is one of only two known extant large-format exhibition prints made by Fukase of his most-iconic Ravens image; the other print, held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is signed in pencil on the verso and similar in print date and size. As of this writing, a total of only five self-made prints of this image are known to exist. Aside from the two exhibition prints, the print dates of the other three works, which are smaller in size and h
A top price for Masahisa Fukase
When the work Cape Erimo from Ravens by Masahisa Fukase was auctioned at Phillips in London in May 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 25,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 93,750.00 (€ 122,333.86). This high result makes Cape Erimo from Ravens the most expensive artwork by Masahisa Fukase that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Masahisa Fukase
Als die Arbeit Cape Erimo from Ravens von Masahisa Fukase im Mai 2016 bei Phillips in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 25.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 93.750,00 (€ 122.333,86) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Cape Erimo from Ravens zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Masahisa Fukase, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Masahisa Fukase - Auction history
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