Onbu (Piggyback) (set of four: Pink, Grey, Blue, Green)

Name: STIK (B. 1979)
Brand: Onbu (Piggyback) (set of four: Pink, Grey, Blue, Green)
Price: 65000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 81,900

Estimate

GBP 70,000 - GBP 100,000

Closed: 14 Mar 2023

Loading details

Try our

STIK (B. 1979)

Onbu (Piggyback) (set of four: Pink, Grey, Blue, Green)

Price Realised GBP 81,900

Closed: 14 Mar 2023

Price Realised GBP 81,900

Closed: 14 Mar 2023

Details Lot Essay Related Articles More from

STIK (B. 1979)
Onbu (Piggyback) (set of four: Pink, Grey, Blue, Green)
the complete set of four ukiyo-e woodcut in colours, 2013, on laid rice paper, each signed in pencil and numbered 13/15 (there were also ten artist's proofs), printed at the Adachi Foundation, Japan, published by the artist
Block 395 x 180 mm. (each)
Sheet 478 x 200 mm. (each)

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.

Conditions of Sale
FAQs
This lot is offered by Christie Manson & Woods Ltd

Brought to you by

James BaskervilleSenior Specialist

A Christie's specialist may contact you to discuss this lot or to notify you if the condition changes prior to the sale.

jbaskerville@christies.com +44 (0) 20 7752 3385

Lot Essay

The figure group in is an interpretation of a detail from Hiroshige’s of a figure giving a piggyback at a crossing on the Seto river. This project was conceived in collaboration between the artist and the Hiroshige Museum in Tokyo.

The published edition of was printed using traditional Japanese pigments in four colour variants: Blue, Grey, Green and Pink, each in an edition of fifteen with ten artist's proofs, at the in Tokyo, which was established to preserve traditional Japanese woodcut techniques.