Katsukawa Shunko

The actor Sakata Hangoro

Found at Christies, Los Angeles
Japanese and Korean Art, Lot 49
19. Sep - 19. Sep 2023
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 5.670 USD
KATSUKAWA SHUNKO (1743-1812)
The actor Sakata Hangoro
Woodblock print, signed Shunko ga
Hosoban: 12 ¼ x 5 7/8 in. (31.1 x 14.9 cm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 89 %.

This artwork by Katsukawa Shunko achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Los Angeles in September this year. In the Japanese and Korean Art auction, the work The actor Sakata Hangoro sold for USD 5,670.00 (€ 5,357.14) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Katsukawa Shunko; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Unknown sold at auction in March 2003 with the realized price of USD 10,157.50 (€ 9,318.81).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 89 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Katsukawa Shunko erzielte im September diesen Jahres bei Christies in Los Angeles einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Japanese and Korean Art wurde die Arbeit The actor Sakata Hangoro für USD 5.670,00 (€ 5.357,14) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Katsukawa Shunko; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Unknown im März 2003 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 10.157,50 (€ 9.318,81).

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