Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Mitsukuni Defying The Skeleton Spectre Conjured Up By Princess Takiyasha (Souma No Furudairi Yokai Ga Shadokuro To Tatakau Oya Notarou Mitsukuni)
Estimate: 25.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 200.000 GBP
Price realised: 200.000 GBP
Description
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861), EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
MITSUKUNI DEFYING THE SKELETON SPECTRE CONJURED UP BY PRINCESS TAKIYASHA (SOUMA NO FURUDAIRI YOKAI GA SHADOKURO TO TATAKAU OYA NOTAROU MITSUKUNI)
woodblock print: ink and colour on paper, each sheet signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and with artist's seal Yoshikiri [right sheet only], publisher's mark Hachi, censor's seal Watari (Watanabe Jiemon), 1845-46
Vertical tate-e ôban triptych:
(3)
Left sheet: 38 x 25.8 cm., 15 x 10⅛ in.
Centre sheet: 38 x 25.7 cm., 15 x 9⅞ in.
Right sheet: 38 x 25.5 cm., 15 x 10⅛ in.
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861), EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
MITSUKUNI DEFYING THE SKELETON SPECTRE CONJURED UP BY PRINCESS TAKIYASHA (SOUMA NO FURUDAIRI YOKAI GA SHADOKURO TO TATAKAU OYA NOTAROU MITSUKUNI)
woodblock print: ink and colour on paper, each sheet signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and with artist's seal Yoshikiri [right sheet only], publisher's mark Hachi, censor's seal Watari (Watanabe Jiemon), 1845-46
Vertical tate-e ôban triptych:
(3)
Left sheet: 38 x 25.8 cm., 15 x 10⅛ in.
Centre sheet: 38 x 25.7 cm., 15 x 9⅞ in.
Right sheet: 38 x 25.5 cm., 15 x 10⅛ in.
A top price for Utagawa Kuniyoshi
The work Mitsukuni Defying The Skeleton Spectre Conjured Up By Princess Takiyasha (Souma No Furudairi Yokai Ga Shadokuro To Tatakau Oya Notarou Mitsukuni) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi was worth GBP 200,000.00 (€ 234,848.90) to a buyer in November 2019. This price was achieved in the auction Fine Japanese Art at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 30,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Mitsukuni Defying The Skeleton Spectre Conjured Up By Princess Takiyasha (Souma No Furudairi Yokai Ga Shadokuro To Tatakau Oya Notarou Mitsukuni) the most expensive artwork by Utagawa Kuniyoshi that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Die Arbeit Mitsukuni Defying The Skeleton Spectre Conjured Up By Princess Takiyasha (Souma No Furudairi Yokai Ga Shadokuro To Tatakau Oya Notarou Mitsukuni) von Utagawa Kuniyoshi war einem Käufer im November 2019 GBP 200.000,00 (€ 234.848,90) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Fine Japanese Art bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 30.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Mitsukuni Defying The Skeleton Spectre Conjured Up By Princess Takiyasha (Souma No Furudairi Yokai Ga Shadokuro To Tatakau Oya Notarou Mitsukuni) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Utagawa Kuniyoshi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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