Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Hyakuhachiban
Found at
Bonhams,
London
From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, Lot 335
23. May - 23. May 2023
From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries, Lot 335
23. May - 23. May 2023
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 1.024 GBP
Price realised: 1.024 GBP
Description
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1832
A shikishiban surimono print from the series Fuzoku onna Suikoden: Hyakuhachiban (108 Contemporary Women's Tales of the Water Margin), depicting a geisha wringing out a tenugui (cotton towel) on a pleasure boat, with two poems by Gachoan Michitane and Hisakataya, with a printer's seal Suriko Shinzo, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga; mouted on card. 20.9cm x 18.9cm (8 3/16in x 7 7/16in).
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1832
A shikishiban surimono print from the series Fuzoku onna Suikoden: Hyakuhachiban (108 Contemporary Women's Tales of the Water Margin), depicting a geisha wringing out a tenugui (cotton towel) on a pleasure boat, with two poems by Gachoan Michitane and Hisakataya, with a printer's seal Suriko Shinzo, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga; mouted on card. 20.9cm x 18.9cm (8 3/16in x 7 7/16in).
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Hyakuhachiban by Utagawa Kuniyoshi was sold in the From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries auction at Bonhams in London in May this year. The price achieved of GBP 1,024.00 (€ 1,191.43) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 800.00 – 1,200.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Utagawa Kuniyoshi achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Mitsukuni Defying The Skeleton Spectre Conjured Up By Princess Takiyasha (Souma No Furudairi Yokai Ga Shadokuro To Tatakau Oya Notarou Mitsukuni) in November 2019 with an auction result of GBP 200,000.00 (€ 234,848.90).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Hyakuhachiban von Utagawa Kuniyoshi wurde im Mai diesen Jahres in der Auktion From Harunobu to Hasui | Japanese Prints across the centuries bei Bonhams in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 1.024,00 (€ 1.191,43) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 800,00 – 1.200,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Utagawa Kuniyoshi erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Mitsukuni Defying The Skeleton Spectre Conjured Up By Princess Takiyasha (Souma No Furudairi Yokai Ga Shadokuro To Tatakau Oya Notarou Mitsukuni) im November 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 200.000,00 (€ 234.848,90).
Utagawa Kuniyoshi - Auction history
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