Suzuki Harunobu
Tenugui no kihan (Returning Sail at the Cotton Hand Towel Rack)
Found at
Bonhams,
London
From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, Lot 416
23. May - 23. May 2023
From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, Lot 416
23. May - 23. May 2023
Estimate: 1.800 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.304 GBP
Price realised: 2.304 GBP
Description
SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725-1770)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760s
A chuban yoko-e shunga print of Tenugui no kihan (Returning Sail at the Cotton Hand Towel Rack) from the series Furyu zashiki hakkei (Eight Fashionable Parlour Views), depicting a young girl and a man kissing in front of a mirror, a tenugui draped over a black-lacquered rack on the veranda, fluttering in the light breeze; unsigned. 20.6cm x 26.9cm (8 1/8in x 10 9/16in).
Edo period (1615-1868), circa late 1760s
A chuban yoko-e shunga print of Tenugui no kihan (Returning Sail at the Cotton Hand Towel Rack) from the series Furyu zashiki hakkei (Eight Fashionable Parlour Views), depicting a young girl and a man kissing in front of a mirror, a tenugui draped over a black-lacquered rack on the veranda, fluttering in the light breeze; unsigned. 20.6cm x 26.9cm (8 1/8in x 10 9/16in).
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In May this year Bonhams in London held the auction From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, which included the work Tenugui no kihan (Returning Sail at the Cotton Hand Towel Rack) by Suzuki Harunobu. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 2,304.00 (€ 2,680.72), 15% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Suzuki Harunobu achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached 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 leicht übertroffen
Im Mai diesen Jahres führte Bonhams in London die Auktion From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries durch, in der auch die Arbeit Tenugui no kihan (Returning Sail at the Cotton Hand Towel Rack) von Suzuki Harunobu zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 2.304,00 (€ 2.680,72) und damit 15% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Suzuki Harunobu erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte 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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