J. SULTAN ALI
The Milkmaid
Found at
Bonhams
Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, Lot 48
25. Oct - 25. Oct 2021
Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, Lot 48
25. Oct - 25. Oct 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
The Milkmaid
signed and dated 1958 lower left
mixed media on board
42 x 34cm (16 9/16 x 13 3/8in).
label verso with the artist's name and address (429/2, Mathura Road, Opp. Sahi Hospital, Jungpura, New Delhi 14) and the price, Rs. 400
Acquired by a previous owner from a private collector in Hamburg, Germany, who probably purchased it in 1958 during an exhibition in Darmstadt.
signed and dated 1958 lower left
mixed media on board
42 x 34cm (16 9/16 x 13 3/8in).
label verso with the artist's name and address (429/2, Mathura Road, Opp. Sahi Hospital, Jungpura, New Delhi 14) and the price, Rs. 400
Acquired by a previous owner from a private collector in Hamburg, Germany, who probably purchased it in 1958 during an exhibition in Darmstadt.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work The Milkmaid by J. Sultan Ali was auctioned at Bonhams in October 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 3,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 12,112.50 (€ 14,350.04). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by J. Sultan Ali - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Vanraj-Nandi, which sold at auction in March 2021 for USD 47,880.00 (€ 40,773.23).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The Milkmaid von J. Sultan Ali im Oktober 2021 bei Bonhams versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 3.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 12.112,50 (€ 14.350,04) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von J. Sultan Ali mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Vanraj-Nandi beobachtet, die im März 2021 für USD 47.880,00 (€ 40.773,23) versteigert wurde.
J. Sultan Ali - Auction history
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