Watanabe Nobukazu
Moon-viewing Beauties (Bijin no tsukimi)
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints, Lot 92
11. Jun - 18. Jun. 2020
From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints, Lot 92
11. Jun - 18. Jun. 2020
Estimate: 400 - 600 GBP
Price realised: 1.625 GBP
Price realised: 1.625 GBP
Description
From the series Eastern Customs (Azuma fuzoku)
Woodblock print
Signed Yosai Nobukazu hitsu
Published by Yokoyama Ryohachi, 1890
Vertical oban triptych: 35.5 x 71. cm. (13.3.4 x 28 in.)
Woodblock print
Signed Yosai Nobukazu hitsu
Published by Yokoyama Ryohachi, 1890
Vertical oban triptych: 35.5 x 71. cm. (13.3.4 x 28 in.)
A top price for Watanabe Nobukazu
This artwork by Watanabe Nobukazu achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in June 2020. In the From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints auction, the work Moon-viewing Beauties (Bijin no tsukimi) sold for GBP 1,625.00 (€ 1,789.66) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 600.00. This high result makes Moon-viewing Beauties (Bijin no tsukimi) the most expensive artwork by Watanabe Nobukazu that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Watanabe Nobukazu
Dieses Kunstwerk von Watanabe Nobukazu erzielte im Juni 2020 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints wurde die Arbeit Moon-viewing Beauties (Bijin no tsukimi) für GBP 1.625,00 (€ 1.789,66) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 600,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Moon-viewing Beauties (Bijin no tsukimi) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Watanabe Nobukazu, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Watanabe Nobukazu - Auction history
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