Francis Newton Souza
Birth
Estimate: 2.200.000 - 2.800.000 USD
Price realised: 4.085.000 USD
Price realised: 4.085.000 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Souza 55' (lower right); further signed, titled and dated 'F. N. SOUZA / BIRTH - 1955' and bearing The Arts Council of Great Britain exhibition label (on the reverse)
oil on board
48 x 96 in. (121.9 x 243.8 cm.)
Painted in 1955
Gallery One, London | Schuster Gallery, Detroit | Acquired from the above by Kamla and Maddipoti Choudry, New York | Christie's London, 11 June 2008, lot 28 | This work is illustrated in the consignment listing of Eugene I. Schuster, London Arts Group, Detroit
oil on board
48 x 96 in. (121.9 x 243.8 cm.)
Painted in 1955
Gallery One, London | Schuster Gallery, Detroit | Acquired from the above by Kamla and Maddipoti Choudry, New York | Christie's London, 11 June 2008, lot 28 | This work is illustrated in the consignment listing of Eugene I. Schuster, London Arts Group, Detroit
A top price for Francis Newton Souza
The work Birth by Francis Newton Souza was sold in the South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art auction at Christies in New York in September 2015. It achieved a price of USD 4,085,000.00 (€ 3,659,738.40), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 46%. With this result, Birth is even the most expensive work of art by Francis Newton Souza that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Francis Newton Souza
Die Arbeit Birth von Francis Newton Souza wurde im September 2015 in der Auktion South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 4.085.000,00 (€ 3.659.738,40) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 46%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Birth sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Francis Newton Souza, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Francis Newton Souza - Auction history
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