Ogawa Gesshu
Modern Girl
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.750 GBP
Price realised: 4.750 GBP
Description
c. 1925
Bromide print.
26.7 x 10.2 cm (10 1/2 x 4 in).
Inscribed 'Modern girl - Work by Ogawa Gesshu, printed in the 1920s approximately in the year Taisho year 14 (1925). Guarantor, Gesshu's nephew, Eitaro Tanaka' in ink and Eitaro Tanaka's signature seal in red ink on a label affixed to the verso.
Private Collection, London
Bromide print.
26.7 x 10.2 cm (10 1/2 x 4 in).
Inscribed 'Modern girl - Work by Ogawa Gesshu, printed in the 1920s approximately in the year Taisho year 14 (1925). Guarantor, Gesshu's nephew, Eitaro Tanaka' in ink and Eitaro Tanaka's signature seal in red ink on a label affixed to the verso.
Private Collection, London
A top price for Ogawa Gesshu - as previously expected
The work Modern Girl by Ogawa Gesshu was auctioned at Phillips in London in November 2010. The price achieved of GBP 4,750.00 (€ 5,676.24) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 4,000.00 – 6,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Modern Girl is the most expensive artwork by Ogawa Gesshu that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Modern Girl von Ogawa Gesshu kam im November 2010 bei Phillips in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 4.750,00 (€ 5.676,24) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Modern Girl das teuerste Kunstwerk von Ogawa Gesshu, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ogawa Gesshu - Auction history
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