With Steady Sales on Opening Weekend, Asia Week New York Extends Online Virtual Viewing Rooms to March 27
New York: When Asia Week New York opened on Thursday, March 11, it was entering unchartered territory. Before the pandemic, galleries and auction houses were abuzz with international collectors, curators and Asian art enthusiasts seeking out treasures. While 13 New York galleries are open by appointment through March 20th, all 29 exhibitions went digital on a newly revamped platform, attracting a number of buyers on opening weekend.
“We are very pleased with the enthusiastic response from visitors to the website, many of whom made significant purchases and have decided to extend the virtual viewing rooms through March 27th,” says Asia Week New York chairperson Katherine Martin.
As of press time, reported sales from the online viewing rooms https://spring2021.asiaweekny.com/ include:
Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints
Chiura Obata (1885-1975):
Setting Sun, Sacramento
Evening Glow, Mono Lake
Lake Mary Inyo National Forest
Oliver Forge & Brendan Lynch
A neglected heroine, Guler, 1760-70
Nicholas Grindly LLC
A zhazhenmu footrest, Qing Dynasty, 18th-19th century
HK Art & Antiques
A shelf cabinet, Joseon Dynasty, Korea
Joan B. Mirviss, LTD sold all but two ceramics from her exhibition,Tradition Redefined: Rosanjin and His Rivals
Onishi Gallery
Osumi Yukie: Silver Vase Kaikei (Seascape)
Tamagawa Norio: Nokume-gare Vase 074
Iede Takahiro: Nakatsugi Kodo (Beat)
Ito Sekisui V.: Mumyoi Neriage Round Jar with Flower Patterns
Scholten Japanese Art
Utagawa Hiroshige III (Ando Tokubei) (1842-1894) View of Foreigner’s Mansion in Yokohama
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) The Painting ‘Fujiwara Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight’ Displayed at the Exhibition for the Promotion of Painting in Autumn 1882
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) Hunter with Eagle Diptych
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) Our Field Artillery Attacks the Enemy Camp at Jiuliancheng
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) Snow Scene at Kourne Hikibune-dori
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) A Collection of Pictures of Chignon Wigs to Put On
Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873) Home of a Foreign (American) Merchant in Yokohama
Sebastian Izzard LLC Asian Art
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865):
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in Shibaraku Costume Throwing Beans at Setsubun
Beauty Beneath a Mosquito Net
Ten Scenes from the Vendetta of the Soga Brothers
Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as his Henchman I no Hayata
The Amorous Murasaki Finds Pleasure in Fifty or More Chapters
TAI Modern
Shono Shounsai, Mugwort Basket (Cocoon)
Maeda Chikubosai II, Jakago (Gabion-style Flower Basket)
Kibe Seiho, Ten Thousand Flowers
The Art of Japan
Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867) Renzan of the Chikuzenya in Maruyama
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) Winter
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865, Making Rice Cakes in the Twelfth Month
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) The Eighth Month: Moon Viewing on the Fifteenth Night (Hatsuki: Tsukimi)
Thomsen Galleries
Lacquer boxes by Yoshio Okada, Cloudy Sky, Bright Moon and Floating Box and Sprinkled Design of Jelly Fish
Thomas Murray
Dancing Figure Pua Sungkit” from the Iban Dayak people of Borneo
Zetterquist Galleries
An 18th century Treasure Box: Scholar’s Objects from the Shang-Ming Dynasty
Carved Yaozhou Bowl, Song Dynasty, 960-1279, China
Longquan Phoenix Tail Vase, Yuan Dynasty, 1279-1368, China
About Asia Week New York
The collaboration of top-tier international Asian art galleries, the major auction houses-Bonhams, Christie’s, Doyle, Heritage Auctions, iGavel, and Sotheby’s–and numerous museums and Asian cultural institutions, Asia Week New York is a week-long celebration filled with simultaneous gallery open houses, Asian art auctions as well as numerous museum exhibitions, lectures, and special events. Participants from the United States and countries abroad unveil an extraordinary selection of museum-quality treasures from China, India, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Tibet, Nepal, Japan, and Korea.
Asia Week New York Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(6) non-profit trade membership organization registered with the state of New York. For more information visit www.AsiaWeekNewYork.com @asiaweekny #asiaweekny
About Songtsam, Presenting Sponsor
Continuing as Presenting Sponsor for Asia Week New York is Songtsam Hotels, Resorts & Tours, an award-winning luxury boutique hotel group with twelve properties (four Linka resort hotels and eight lodges) located in the Chinese provinces of Tibet and Yunnan. Founded by Baima Duoji, in 2000, the hotel group is the only collection of luxury Tibetan-style retreats found across the Tibetan Plateau that strives to preserve and share the cultures and spirituality of its locale, all the while offering guests sophisticated elegance, refined design, modern amenities, and unobtrusive service in places of natural beauty and cultural interest.
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