Yokoyama Taikan
Nihon shinshin (Sacredness of Japan [Mount Fuji])
Found at
Christies,
New York
Japanese Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Lot 31
10. May - 10. May 2000
Japanese Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Lot 31
10. May - 10. May 2000
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 USD
Price realised: 171.000 USD
Price realised: 171.000 USD
Description
Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958)
Nihon shinshin (Sacredness of Japan [Mount Fuji])
Signed Taikan and sealed Shokodo
Ink and color on silk
17½ x 22¾in. (44.5 x 57.8cm.)
Painted circa 1944
Registration label no. "nu" dai 83 go on verso; certification on wood panel titled, signed and sealed by the artist
Nihon shinshin (Sacredness of Japan [Mount Fuji])
Signed Taikan and sealed Shokodo
Ink and color on silk
17½ x 22¾in. (44.5 x 57.8cm.)
Painted circa 1944
Registration label no. "nu" dai 83 go on verso; certification on wood panel titled, signed and sealed by the artist
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Nihon shinshin (Sacredness of Japan Mount Fuji) by Yokoyama Taikan was auctioned at Christies in New York in May 2000, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 40,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 171,000.00 (€ 183,319.04). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Yokoyama Taikan - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Miho no Fujisan (Mount Fuji from Miho), which sold at auction in November 2000 for USD 358,000.00 (€ 411,778.24).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Nihon shinshin (Sacredness of Japan Mount Fuji) von Yokoyama Taikan im Mai 2000 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 40.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 171.000,00 (€ 183.319,04) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Yokoyama Taikan mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Miho no Fujisan (Mount Fuji from Miho) beobachtet, die im November 2000 für USD 358.000,00 (€ 411.778,24) versteigert wurde.
Yokoyama Taikan - Auction history
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