Yanagawa Shigenobu
The complete set of twelve shunga prints from the series Willow Storm (Yanagi no Arashi)
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints, Lot 25
04.Jul - 11.Jul.2019
From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints, Lot 25
04.Jul - 11.Jul.2019
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 7.500 GBP
Price realised: 7.500 GBP
Description
Each a woodblock print, some designs embellished with metallic pigments or mica
Excluding the additional preface and postscript
This set of shunga is known for it's imaginative designs including a European couple, and an older man with a young male actor dressed as a woman.
To compare each print in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, see the following accession nos.:
2005.0099; 2005.0105; 2005.0102; 2005.0100; 2005.0111; 2005.0107; 2005.0108; 2005.0110; 2005.0109; 2005.0101; 2005.0106; 2005.0064
go to:
https://art.honolulumuseum.org/collections
Each approx. 38.4 x 25 cm. (15 ⅛ x 9 ⅞ in.)
Sylvia Lacan (1908-1993) and thence by descent to the present owner. Sylvia Lacan was married to the French intellectual Georges Bataille (1897-1962), then the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901-1981).
Excluding the additional preface and postscript
This set of shunga is known for it's imaginative designs including a European couple, and an older man with a young male actor dressed as a woman.
To compare each print in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, see the following accession nos.:
2005.0099; 2005.0105; 2005.0102; 2005.0100; 2005.0111; 2005.0107; 2005.0108; 2005.0110; 2005.0109; 2005.0101; 2005.0106; 2005.0064
go to:
https://art.honolulumuseum.org/collections
Each approx. 38.4 x 25 cm. (15 ⅛ x 9 ⅞ in.)
Sylvia Lacan (1908-1993) and thence by descent to the present owner. Sylvia Lacan was married to the French intellectual Georges Bataille (1897-1962), then the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901-1981).
A top price for Yanagawa Shigenobu
In July 2019 Christies in London held the auction From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints, which included the work The complete set of twelve shunga prints from the series Willow Storm (Yanagi no Arashi) by Yanagawa Shigenobu. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 7,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 7,500.00 (€ 8,234.50). With this result, The complete set of twelve shunga prints from the series Willow Storm (Yanagi no Arashi) is even the most expensive work of art by Yanagawa Shigenobu that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Yanagawa Shigenobu
Im Juli 2019 führte Christies in London die Auktion From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints durch, in der auch die Arbeit The complete set of twelve shunga prints from the series Willow Storm (Yanagi no Arashi) von Yanagawa Shigenobu zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 7.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 7.500,00 (€ 8.234,50) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist The complete set of twelve shunga prints from the series Willow Storm (Yanagi no Arashi) sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Yanagawa Shigenobu, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Yanagawa Shigenobu - Auction history
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