Utagawa Yoshitora
Igirisukoku (England)
Found at
Christies,
New York
AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS, Lot 342
25. Mar - 25. Mar 2003
AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS, Lot 342
25. Mar - 25. Mar 2003
Estimate: 3.000 - 4.000 USD
Price realised: 5.019 USD
Price realised: 5.019 USD
Description
Utagawa Yoshitora (act. 1850-80)
Igirisukoku (England)
Triptych, signed Yoshitora ga and published by Kagaya Kichiemon--good impressions and color, soiled, stained, worming, faint vertical crease on right sheet
oban tate-e: 36.5 x 25.2cm. each approx. (3)
Igirisukoku (England)
Triptych, signed Yoshitora ga and published by Kagaya Kichiemon--good impressions and color, soiled, stained, worming, faint vertical crease on right sheet
oban tate-e: 36.5 x 25.2cm. each approx. (3)
A top price for Utagawa Yoshitora
The work Igirisukoku (England) by Utagawa Yoshitora was sold in the AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS auction at Christies in New York in March 2003. The »bidding war« ended at USD 5,019.00 (€ 4,604.59), 25% above the upper estimate. With this result, Igirisukoku (England) is even the most expensive work of art by Utagawa Yoshitora that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Utagawa Yoshitora
Die Arbeit Igirisukoku (England) von Utagawa Yoshitora wurde im März 2003 in der Auktion AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 5.019,00 (€ 4.604,59) und damit 25% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Igirisukoku (England) sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Utagawa Yoshitora, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Utagawa Yoshitora - Auction history
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