Yutaka Takanashi
Toshi-e -- Towards the City. Tokyo: for the author, 1974.
Estimate: 3.500 - 4.500 GBP
Price realised: 4.375 GBP
Price realised: 4.375 GBP
Description
YUTAKA TAKANASHI
Toshi-e -- Towards the City. Tokyo: for the author, 1974.
2 volumes: folio (420 x 280 mm) and quarto (257 x 183 mm). 62 photographs, and 54 photographs. Original black cloth with metal disk mounted on the front panel, spine blocked in white, quarto volume in original black wrappers, printed paper label on cover (minor spotting on the metal disk - much less than is usual), both volumes laid-into the original black cardboard clamshell box, printed paper label on spine overlapping on front cover, in the original cardboard shipping box (soiling and light wear on the shipping carton). Provenance: Yutaka Takanashi (gift inscription to:) -- Hisato Aikura.
FIRST EDITION, AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION COPY IN THE ORIGINAL SHIPPING BOX, INSCRIBED BY TAKANASHI to Hisato Aikura, the Jazz critic and director of music at the 'Pit Inn', Tokyo's premier venue for Jazz when it opened its doors in Shinjuku in the mid 1960s. Toshi-e is the 'most luxurious' and last of the Provoke books, by one of its founding members; taking as his theme the cost paid by Japan for unbridled consumerism, 'Takanashi addresses this complex question with lyrical passion'. The Photobook, vol. I, p.302.
Toshi-e -- Towards the City. Tokyo: for the author, 1974.
2 volumes: folio (420 x 280 mm) and quarto (257 x 183 mm). 62 photographs, and 54 photographs. Original black cloth with metal disk mounted on the front panel, spine blocked in white, quarto volume in original black wrappers, printed paper label on cover (minor spotting on the metal disk - much less than is usual), both volumes laid-into the original black cardboard clamshell box, printed paper label on spine overlapping on front cover, in the original cardboard shipping box (soiling and light wear on the shipping carton). Provenance: Yutaka Takanashi (gift inscription to:) -- Hisato Aikura.
FIRST EDITION, AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION COPY IN THE ORIGINAL SHIPPING BOX, INSCRIBED BY TAKANASHI to Hisato Aikura, the Jazz critic and director of music at the 'Pit Inn', Tokyo's premier venue for Jazz when it opened its doors in Shinjuku in the mid 1960s. Toshi-e is the 'most luxurious' and last of the Provoke books, by one of its founding members; taking as his theme the cost paid by Japan for unbridled consumerism, 'Takanashi addresses this complex question with lyrical passion'. The Photobook, vol. I, p.302.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May 2009 Christies in London held the auction Photobooks, which included the work Toshi-e -- Towards the City. Tokyo: for the author, 1974. by Takanashi Yutaka. It changed hands for a price of GBP 4,375.00 (€ 5,004.96) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 3,500.00 – 4,500.00. Other works by Takanashi Yutaka have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in May 2008 the work Untitled from 'Toshi e' [Towards the City, 1968|AID724539] was auctioned for GBP 6,875.00 (€ 8,745.30).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai 2009 führte Christies in London die Auktion Photobooks durch, in der auch die Arbeit Toshi-e -- Towards the City. Tokyo: for the author, 1974. von Takanashi Yutaka zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 4.375,00 (€ 5.004,96) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 3.500,00 – 4.500,00. Andere Arbeiten von Takanashi Yutaka konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Mai 2008 die Arbeit Untitled from 'Toshi e' [Towards the City, 1968|AID724539] für GBP 6.875,00 (€ 8.745,30) versteigert.
Takanashi Yutaka - Auction history
![Takanashi Yutaka - Untitled from \'Toshi e\' [Towards the City], 1968](/images/takanashi-yutaka_untitled-from-toshi-e-towards-the-city-1968_AID724539_320x320.jpg)
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