Utagawa Kunimaru
Unknown
Found at
Bonhams,
London
From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, Lot 333
23. May - 23. May 2023
From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, Lot 333
23. May - 23. May 2023
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 6.144 GBP
Price realised: 6.144 GBP
Description
UTAGAWA KUNIMARU (1793-1829)
Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century
Two shikishiban surimono prints from an untitled series of Oharame (peasant women from the village of Ohara, Kyoto) for Taiko-gawa (Drum Group): the first Sono ichi (Number one), depicting a seated Oharame leaning against an ox while breastfeeding a child, with a poem by Kotobuki Suenaga, 21.5cm x 18.9cm (8 7/16in x 7 7/16in); the second Sono ni (Number two), depicting an Oharame resting on a bundle of firewood beside an ox, her left hand holding a plum branch, with a poem by Dotei Tsukimaru, 21.8cm x 18.9cm (8 9/16in x 7 7/16in), both signed Honcho Kunimaru hitsu with a seal Honcho; both mounted on card. (2).
Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century
Two shikishiban surimono prints from an untitled series of Oharame (peasant women from the village of Ohara, Kyoto) for Taiko-gawa (Drum Group): the first Sono ichi (Number one), depicting a seated Oharame leaning against an ox while breastfeeding a child, with a poem by Kotobuki Suenaga, 21.5cm x 18.9cm (8 7/16in x 7 7/16in); the second Sono ni (Number two), depicting an Oharame resting on a bundle of firewood beside an ox, her left hand holding a plum branch, with a poem by Dotei Tsukimaru, 21.8cm x 18.9cm (8 9/16in x 7 7/16in), both signed Honcho Kunimaru hitsu with a seal Honcho; both mounted on card. (2).
A top price for Utagawa Kunimaru
The work Unknown by Utagawa Kunimaru was worth GBP 6,144.00 (€ 7,148.58) to a buyer in May this year. This price was achieved in the auction From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries at Bonhams in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 1,500.00 many times over. This high result makes Unknown the most expensive artwork by Utagawa Kunimaru that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Utagawa Kunimaru
Die Arbeit Unknown von Utagawa Kunimaru war einem Käufer im Mai diesen Jahres GBP 6.144,00 (€ 7.148,58) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries bei Bonhams in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Unknown zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Utagawa Kunimaru, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Utagawa Kunimaru - Auction history
![Utagawa Kunimaru - From the surimono series Suru ichi [First of a Set of Companions] commissioned by the Taikogawa poetry club, an Oharame wood cutter and a child resting beside an ox, the poem reads](/images/utagawa-kunimaru_from-the-surimono-series-suru-ichi-first-of-a-set-of-companions-commissioned-by-the-taikogawa-poetry-club-an-oharame-wood-cutter-and-a-child-resting-beside-an-ox-the-poem-reads_AID640059_320x320.jpg)
Other artists in this auction
![Hoshi Joichi - Ki (kuro) (A tree [black])](/images/hoshi-joichi_ki-kuro-a-tree-black_AID1113998_320x320.jpg)
