Tsuchiya Koitsu
Ginza No Ame (Ginza In Rain), From The Series Tokyo Fukei (Views of Tokyo), 1933.11
Found at
Christies,
New York
Japanese and Korean Art, Lot 428
29. MAR - 29. MAR 2005
Japanese and Korean Art, Lot 428
29. MAR - 29. MAR 2005
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)
Ginza no ame (Ginza in rain), from the series Tokyo fukei (Views of Tokyo), 1933.11
Woodcut, signed Koitsu and sealed Shin, published by Doi Sadaichi--very good impression and color, several scuffs in sky, tear lower left corner, crease lower right corner
15½ x 10 3/8in (39.5 x 26.3cm.)
Setonaikai Akashi no minato (Akashi Port, Inland Sea), 1938.3
Woodcut, signed, sealed and published as above--very good impression, color and condition
11 1/8 x 16½in. (28.4 x 42cm.)
Ushigome Kagurazaka (Kagurazaka at Ushigome), 1939.8
Woodcut, signed, sealed and published as above--very good impression, toned, scuffed, margin stains and creases, tape resiude corners verso
16½ x 11in. (41.8 x 27.9cm.) -
Ginza no ame (Ginza in rain), from the series Tokyo fukei (Views of Tokyo), 1933.11
Woodcut, signed Koitsu and sealed Shin, published by Doi Sadaichi--very good impression and color, several scuffs in sky, tear lower left corner, crease lower right corner
15½ x 10 3/8in (39.5 x 26.3cm.)
Setonaikai Akashi no minato (Akashi Port, Inland Sea), 1938.3
Woodcut, signed, sealed and published as above--very good impression, color and condition
11 1/8 x 16½in. (28.4 x 42cm.)
Ushigome Kagurazaka (Kagurazaka at Ushigome), 1939.8
Woodcut, signed, sealed and published as above--very good impression, toned, scuffed, margin stains and creases, tape resiude corners verso
16½ x 11in. (41.8 x 27.9cm.) -
Upper estimate price exceeded by 80 %.
This artwork by Tsuchiya Koitsu achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in March 2005. In the Japanese and Korean Art auction, the work Ginza No Ame (Ginza In Rain), From The Series Tokyo Fukei (Views of Tokyo), 1933.11 sold for USD 2,160.00 (€ 1,665.51) - well above the upper estimate of USD 1,200.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Tsuchiya Koitsu - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Unknown, which sold at auction in September last year for USD 6,375.00 (€ 6,516.41).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 80 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Tsuchiya Koitsu erzielte im März 2005 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Japanese and Korean Art wurde die Arbeit Ginza No Ame (Ginza In Rain), From The Series Tokyo Fukei (Views of Tokyo), 1933.11 für USD 2.160,00 (€ 1.665,51) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.200,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Tsuchiya Koitsu mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Unknown beobachtet, die im September letzten Jahres für USD 6.375,00 (€ 6.516,41) versteigert wurde.
Tsuchiya Koitsu - Auction history
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