Utagawa Toyohiro

A hashira-e [pillar print] of a young fan-seller carrying boxes of fans on his shoulder and holding a fan in his hand, signed Toyohiro ga, very good impression and colour, small nicks in the paper on both vertical edges

Found at Christies, London
JAPANESE ART AND DESIGN, Lot 155
14. Nov - 14. Nov 2001
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 5.875 GBP
UTAGAWA TOYOHIRO (1773-1828)
A hashira-e [pillar print] of a young fan-seller carrying boxes of fans on his shoulder and holding a fan in his hand, signed Toyohiro ga, very good impression and colour, small nicks in the paper on both vertical edges
Hashira-e: 26 x 4¾in. (66 x 12cm.)

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work A hashira-e pillar print of a young fan-seller carrying boxes of fans on his shoulder and holding a fan in his hand, signed Toyohiro ga, very good impression and colour, small nicks in the paper on both vertical edges by Utagawa Toyohiro was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2001, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as hi Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Utagawa Toyohiro; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Standing beauty sold at auction in March 2009 with the realized price of USD 18,750.00 (€ 14,139.21).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit A hashira-e pillar print of a young fan-seller carrying boxes of fans on his shoulder and holding a fan in his hand, signed Toyohiro ga, very good impression and colour, small nicks in the paper on both vertical edges von Utagawa Toyohiro im November 2001 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.875,00 (€ 9.348,98) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Utagawa Toyohiro; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Standing beauty im März 2009 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 18.750,00 (€ 14.139,21).

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