Utagawa Kokunimasa
Unknown
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 USD
Price realised: 1.560 USD
Price realised: 1.560 USD
Description
Utagawa Kokunimasa (1874-1944)
Twenty-two triptychs and one six-sheet polyptych: Chosen denpo jikki sono yon (Telegraph dispatch from Korea, no. 4), unsigned, published by Fukuda Kumajiro, [part of a double-triptych]; along with twenty triptychs of various subjects including Russo-Japanese and Sino-Japanese war battles on land and sea, troop formations, a train wreck, a duel on horseback, a six-sheet polyptych of a battle at sea, most signed Kokunimasa ga or Ryua ga, variously published--generally good impressions, some faded or toned, many trimmed, soiled, stained, damages
oban tate-e (72)
Twenty-two triptychs and one six-sheet polyptych: Chosen denpo jikki sono yon (Telegraph dispatch from Korea, no. 4), unsigned, published by Fukuda Kumajiro, [part of a double-triptych]; along with twenty triptychs of various subjects including Russo-Japanese and Sino-Japanese war battles on land and sea, troop formations, a train wreck, a duel on horseback, a six-sheet polyptych of a battle at sea, most signed Kokunimasa ga or Ryua ga, variously published--generally good impressions, some faded or toned, many trimmed, soiled, stained, damages
oban tate-e (72)
A top price for Utagawa Kokunimasa - as previously expected
In September 2006 Christies in New York held the auction Japanese and Korean Art, which included the work Unknown by Utagawa Kokunimasa. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 1,500.00 – 2,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 1,560.00 (€ 1,229.61) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Unknown is the most expensive artwork by Utagawa Kokunimasa that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im September 2006 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Japanese and Korean Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Unknown von Utagawa Kokunimasa zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 1.500,00 – 2.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 1.560,00 (€ 1.229,61) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Unknown das teuerste Kunstwerk von Utagawa Kokunimasa, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Utagawa Kokunimasa - Auction history
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