Yokoyama Taikan

Miho no Fujisan (Mount Fuji from Miho)

Found at Christies, New York
JAPANESE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 16
10. Nov - 10. Nov 2000

Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 358.000 USD

Description

Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958)
Miho no Fujisan (Mount Fuji from Miho)
Signed Taikan and sealed Shokodo
Ink and color on silk
19 1/8 x 23 1/8in. (48.5 x 58.5cm.)
Registration label no. "so" dai 100 go on verso; certification on wood panel titled, signed and sealed by the artist

A top price for Yokoyama Taikan

This artwork by Yokoyama Taikan achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2000. In the JAPANESE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS auction, the work Miho no Fujisan (Mount Fuji from Miho) sold for USD 358,000.00 (€ 411,778.24) - well above the upper estimate of USD 150,000.00. This high result makes Miho no Fujisan (Mount Fuji from Miho) the most expensive artwork by Yokoyama Taikan that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Yokoyama Taikan

Dieses Kunstwerk von Yokoyama Taikan erzielte im November 2000 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion JAPANESE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS wurde die Arbeit Miho no Fujisan (Mount Fuji from Miho) für USD 358.000,00 (€ 411.778,24) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Miho no Fujisan (Mount Fuji from Miho) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Yokoyama Taikan, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.