Suzuki Harunobu
Flowers (Hana)
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints, Lot 3
14. Jul - 21. Jul 2022
Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints, Lot 3
14. Jul - 21. Jul 2022
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 15.120 GBP
Price realised: 15.120 GBP
Description
Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)
Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)
Flowers (Hana)
Edo period, 18<sup>th</sup> century
woodblock print, abuna-e, from the set Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka), circa 1760s, with a youth interrupting a girl arranging flowers in an elegant room with an alcove (tokonoma) and folding screen (byobu); with collector’s seal H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram
Horizontal chuban: 21.2 x 28.4 cm., 8⅜ x 11⅛ in.
Henri Vever (1854-1942) | Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 24.
Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)
Flowers (Hana)
Edo period, 18<sup>th</sup> century
woodblock print, abuna-e, from the set Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka), circa 1760s, with a youth interrupting a girl arranging flowers in an elegant room with an alcove (tokonoma) and folding screen (byobu); with collector’s seal H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram
Horizontal chuban: 21.2 x 28.4 cm., 8⅜ x 11⅛ in.
Henri Vever (1854-1942) | Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 24.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Suzuki Harunobu achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July last year. In the Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints auction, the work Flowers (Hana) sold for GBP 15,120.00 (€ 18,055.97) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00. Admittedly, works by Suzuki Harunobu have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Furyu enshoku Maneemon (Fashionable lusty Maneemon) in March 2007 with an auction result of USD 144,000.00 (€ 107,671.60).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Suzuki Harunobu erzielte im Juli letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints wurde die Arbeit Flowers (Hana) für GBP 15.120,00 (€ 18.055,97) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Suzuki Harunobu auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Furyu enshoku Maneemon (Fashionable lusty Maneemon) im März 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 144.000,00 (€ 107.671,60).
Suzuki Harunobu - Auction history
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