Uragami Gyokudo - Hanku en\'u (Half the sky is misty rain)

Uragami Gyokudo

Hanku en'u (Half the sky is misty rain)

Found at Christies, New York
JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART, Lot 22
24. Mar - 24. Mar 2003
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Uragami Gyokudo (1745-1820)
Hanku en'u (Half the sky is misty rain)
Dated and signed Mizunoto tori no shunjitsu (spring, 1813) Gyokudo kinshi saku jinen nanaju, sealed Bunai daijin no son
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
61¼ x 28¾in. (155.8 x 73cm.)

A top price for Uragami Gyokudo

The work Hanku en'u (Half the sky is misty rain) by Uragami Gyokudo was sold in the JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART auction at Christies in New York in March 2003. It achieved a price of USD 95,600.00 (€ 87,706.42), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 37%. With this result, Hanku en'u (Half the sky is misty rain) is even the most expensive work of art by Uragami Gyokudo that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Uragami Gyokudo

Die Arbeit Hanku en'u (Half the sky is misty rain) von Uragami Gyokudo wurde im März 2003 in der Auktion JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 95.600,00 (€ 87.706,42) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 37%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Hanku en'u (Half the sky is misty rain) sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Uragami Gyokudo, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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