Imao Keinen
Peacocks
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 13.750 USD
Price realised: 13.750 USD
Description
Imao Keinen (1845-1924)
Peacocks
Each signed Keinen and sealed
Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color and gold leaf on paper
61¾ x 141in. (157 x 358cm.) each (2)
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Peacocks
Each signed Keinen and sealed
Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color and gold leaf on paper
61¾ x 141in. (157 x 358cm.) each (2)
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Upper estimate price exceeded by 72 %.
In March 2008 Christies in New York held the auction Japanese And Korean Art, which included the work Peacocks by Imao Keinen. The »bidding war« ended at USD 13,750.00 (€ 8,699.78), 72% above the upper estimate. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Imao Keinen; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Keinen kacho gafu [Keinen's natural history paintings Kyoto: S. Nishimura, 1891. 4 volumes in two, 2° (366 x 255mm). 6pp. text. 138 coloured wood-block plates on 163 leaves (including 25 'diptych' plates). (One plate holed with slight loss to image area,|AID948811] sold at auction in November 2000 with the realized price of GBP 5,640.00 (€ 9,218.36
Oberer Schätzpreis um 72 % übertroffen
Im März 2008 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Japanese And Korean Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Peacocks von Imao Keinen zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 13.750,00 (€ 8.699,78) und damit 72% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Imao Keinen; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Keinen kacho gafu [Keinen's natural history paintings Kyoto: S. Nishimura, 1891. 4 volumes in two, 2° (366 x 255mm). 6pp. text. 138 coloured wood-block plates on 163 leaves (including 25 'diptych' plates). (One plate holed with slight loss to image area,|AID948811] im November 2000 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 5.640,00 (€ 9.218,36).
Imao Keinen - Auction history
![Imao Keinen - Keinen kacho gafu [Keinen\'s Birds and Flowers] a complete set in a chitsu case of four large volumes (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter) containing 135 coloured woodblock plates on 162 sheets (including 27 diptychs), printed in sumi and colour illustratin](/images/imao-keinen_keinen-kacho-gafu-keinens-birds-and-flowers-a-complete-set-in-a-chitsu-case-of-four-large-volumes-spring-summer-autumn-and-winter-containing-135-coloured-woodblock-plates-on-162-sheets-including-27-diptychs-printed-in-sumi-and-colour-illustrat_AID581939_320x320.jpg)
![Imao Keinen - A complete set of four volumes of Keinen gafu [Keinen\'s sketch-book], complete with chitsu case, very good impressions, colours and condition (4)](/images/imao-keinen_a-complete-set-of-four-volumes-of-keinen-gafu-keinens-sketch-book-complete-with-chitsu-case-very-good-impressions-colours-and-condition-4_AID816146_320x320.jpg)
![Imao Keinen - Keinen kacho gafu [Keinen\'s natural history paintings] Kyoto: printed by Harubei Tanaka for S. Nishimura, 1891-1892. 4 volumes, 2° (370 x 257mm). 135 coloured wood-block plates on 162 leaves (including 27 \'diptych\' plates). (Wormtrack running through firs](/images/imao-keinen_keinen-kacho-gafu-keinens-natural-history-paintings-kyoto-printed-by-harubei-tanaka-for-s-nishimura-1891-1892-4-volumes-2deg-370-x-257mm-135-coloured-wood-block-plates-on-162-leaves-including-27-diptych-plates-wormtrack-running-through-first-2_AID936995_320x320.jpg)
![Imao Keinen - Keinen kacho gafu [Keinen\'s natural history paintings] Kyoto: S. Nishimura, 1891. 4 volumes in two, 2° (366 x 255mm). 6pp. text. 138 coloured wood-block plates on 163 leaves (including 25 \'diptych\' plates). (One plate holed with slight loss to image area,](/images/imao-keinen_keinen-kacho-gafu-keinens-natural-history-paintings-kyoto-s-nishimura-1891-4-volumes-in-two-2deg-366-x-255mm-6pp-text-138-coloured-wood-block-plates-on-163-leaves-including-25-diptych-plates-one-plate-holed-with-slight-loss-to-image-area-sligh_AID948811_320x320.jpg)
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