Kitagawa Utamaro
Japanese · 1753–1806 · Painter, Printmaker
Kitagawa Utamaro was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Akt IX (Kudanme) aus der Serie Chûshingura (Kômei bihin mitate Chûshingura jûnimai tsuzuki). Vor 1795Grisebach · €7,500≈ $8,774≈ £6,576Sign up to see
Shunga "Komachibiki" (mixed lot 6 items & 1 insert)im Kinsky · €910≈ $1,030≈ £769Sign up to see
WeaversSloans & Kenyon · $400≈ £249≈ €297Sign up to see
Kitagawa Utamaro’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Price trend
8 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
6 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prints & multiples | 22 | 11 | 50% | $1kSign up | $130Sign up | $8.8kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 21 | 10 | 48% | $1kSign up | $128Sign up | $8.8kSign up |
| Print (other) | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1kSign up | $1kSign up | $1kSign up |
| Other | 2 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.