JAPANESE & KOREAN ART TOTALS $6,662,254
New York – Asian Art Week began on a high as Japanese and Korean Art totaled $6,662,254, selling 112% of its low estimate, and 81% by lot. The day’s top lot was a complete set of Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai, which made $3,559,000, setting a new world record for the artist at auction, breaking the old record set by Christie’s last year. Other top results included Hokusai’s iconic image, Under the well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa, which achieved $693,000, more than 4.5 times its low estimate. Hokusai’s Storm below the summit, also known as "Black Fuji" more than doubled its low estimate, achieving $214,200. Lee Ufan’s Untitled, 1985 also doubled its low estimate, realizing $138,600. Utagawa Hiroshige’s Yellow rose (Yamabuki) and frogs sold for more than 16-times its low estimate, achieving $32,760.
The Head of Christie’s Japanese and Korean Art Department, Takaaki Murakami, said: “It is a once-in-a-generation honor to offer a complete set of Hokusai’s monumental Fuji series. The record-setting result we achieved for the Thirty-Six Views, and the strong prices for other important Hokusai prints, continue our proud tradition of being the leading auction house for this artist.”
Asian Art Week continues with three more live sales and four online auctions that remain open for bidding until next week.
MARCH 2024 | ASIAN ART WEEK
LIVE AUCTIONS
- Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art | 20 March 2024, 9 am EST
- South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art | 20 March 2024, 11 am EST
- Important Chinese Art Including the Collection of Dorothy Tapper Goldman | 21-22 March 2024, 9 am EST
ONLINE SALES
- Landscapes of Japan: Woodblock Prints from Edo to Post-War | 13-26 March 2024
- South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online | 13-27 March 2024
- Arts of Asia Online | 13- 28 March 2024
- Chinese Works of Art from the Collection of Dorothy Tapper Goldman | 13-29 March 2024
