# Matsumi Kanemitsu - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T09:54:24.936Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 77
- Lots with prices: 61
- First auction date: 2002-11-21
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-19
- Median realised price: $350
- Price range: $30 to $4,500

## Market Takeaway
Matsumi Kanemitsu shows solid auction liquidity with 77 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $350. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-19.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($350\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $150 and $700.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 85.2% (52 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 14.8% (9 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 5
- Previous 12 months sales: 7
- Recent 12 months median: $363
- Previous 12 months median: $571
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-19
- Days since latest sale: 91
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Capsule Gallery Auction: 19 lots
- Alex Cooper: 8 lots
- John Moran Auctioneers: 7 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 6 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 4 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 3 lots
- STAIR: 3 lots
- Auctions at Showplace: 2 lots
- Christie's: 2 lots
- Leland Little Auctions: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-19 | Matsumi Kanemitsu, Sunset Fox | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $4,500
2. 2025-10-09 | Matsumi Kanemitsu \(1922\-1992\), UNTITLED \(TRIANGULAR ABSTRACTION\), 1977 | Waddington's | N/A
3. 2025-09-30 | Matsumi Kanemitsu, Winter Night | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,000
4. 2025-09-25 | MATSUMI KANEMITSU \(1922\-1992\) "HEAD" DRAWING | Westport Auction | $170
5. 2025-07-01 | Matsumi Kanemitsu \(1922\-1992\), "Lovers," 1961 | John Moran Auctioneers | $363
6. 2025-01-21 | Matsumi Kanemitsu \(1922\-1992\) Japanese American | Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc. | $100
7. 2024-11-19 | Matsumi Kanemitsu \(1922\-1992\), "City Wave P.M.," 1987 | John Moran Auctioneers | $889
8. 2024-08-20 | Matsumi Kanemitsu, Honolulu Yesterday \#2 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $4,500
9. 2024-08-19 | etching in color by Matsumi Kanemitsu | International Auction Gallery | $30
10. 2024-03-26 | Matsumi Kanemitsu \(1922\-1992\), "Oxnard Madame \#2," 1969, Lithograph in colors on wove paper, Image/Sheet: 30" H x 22" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $571
11. 2024-03-24 | Signed Matsumi Kanemitsu 1986 Abstract Lithograph | Monarch Auction and Estate Services | $330
12. 2024-02-27 | Matsumi Kanemitsu \(1922\-1992\), Untitled abstract, 1982, Oil on canvas, 12" H x 10.25" W x 2.5" D | John Moran Auctioneers | $1,188
13. 2023-12-07 | MATSUMI KANEMITSU \- SAN FRANCISCO 38 | Capsule Gallery Auction | $175
14. 2023-08-01 | Matsumi Kanemitsu \(1922\-1992\), "Homage to Henry Seldis II," 1978, Lithograph in colors on wove paper, Image/Sheet: 21.5" H x 29" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $62
15. 2023-08-01 | Matsumi Kanemitsu \(1922\-1992\), "Homage to Henry Seldis III," 1978, Lithograph in color on black paper, Image/Sheet: 22" H x 25" W | John Moran Auctioneers | N/A
16. 2023-07-11 | Matsumi Kanemitsu \(1922\-1992\), Untitled, 1978, Lithograph in colors on tan paper, watermark Arches, Image/Sheet: 22.5" H x 29" W | John Moran Auctioneers | $100
17. 2022-12-16 | MATSUMI KANEMITSU \(JAPANESE\-AMERICAN 1922\-1992\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A
18. 2022-12-16 | MATSUMI KANEMITSU \(JAPANESE\-AMERICAN 1922\-1992\) | Shapiro Auctions LLC | N/A
19. 2022-11-17 | Matsumi Kanemitsu \(1922\-1992\): Untitled | STAIR | $900
20. 2022-10-22 | MATSUMI KANEMITSU \(American, 1922\-1992\) | South Bay Auctions Inc | $250
21. 2022-07-19 | MATSUMI KANEMITSU \(1922\-1992\) \- Oxnard Madame \#3 and Chelsea Girl | Christie's | $504
22. 2022-04-13 | Matsumi Kanemitsu, Abstract Lithograph | Nye & Company | $200
23. 2021-12-05 | Matsumi Kanemitsu, American/Japanese. Nude with color. | Tremont Auctions | $100
24. 2021-04-14 | Matsumi Kanemitsu \(Japanese/American, 1922\-1992\), Homage to Jules Langsner, 1969 and two untitled, 1980 \(3\), lithograph in colors, the largest 30 1/2 x 22in \(77.5 x 56cm\) | Andrew Jones Auctions | $250

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