Utagawa Hiroshige II

Akasaka Kiribatake uchu yukei (Night rain at Akasaka Kiribatake)

Found at Christies, New York
Japanese and Korean Art, Lot 227
20. Sep - 20. Sep 2022
Estimate: 1.000 - 2.000 USD
Price realised: 21.420 USD
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II (1826-1869)
Akasaka Kiribatake uchu yukei (Night rain at Akasaka Kiribatake)
Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred famous views of Edo), signed Nisei Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, 4th month 1859
Vertical oban: 14 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (35.9 x 23.5 cm.)
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Artwork auctioned at ten times the upper estimate price

When the work Akasaka Kiribatake uchu yukei (Night rain at Akasaka Kiribatake) by Utagawa Hiroshige II was auctioned at Christies in New York in September last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 2,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than ten times as high at USD 21,420.00 (€ 21,895.12). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Utagawa Hiroshige II - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Album comprenant 62 estampes de la série Shokoku meisho hyakkei (les cent vues célèbres des provinces), which sold at auction in June 2007 for EUR 45,600.00.

Kunstwerk zum Zehnfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Akasaka Kiribatake uchu yukei (Night rain at Akasaka Kiribatake) von Utagawa Hiroshige II im September letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 2.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 21.420,00 (€ 21.895,12) mehr als zehnmal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Utagawa Hiroshige II mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Album comprenant 62 estampes de la série Shokoku meisho hyakkei (les cent vues célèbres des provinces) beobachtet, die im Juni 2007 für EUR 45.600,00 versteigert wurde.

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