Mohan Samant
Kings And The Crowd
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 162.500 USD
Price realised: 162.500 USD
Description
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
MOHAN SAMANT
1924 - 2004
KINGS AND THE CROWD
Mixed media on canvas
Signed and dated 'MB Samant / 69' and bearing a label 'SIZE: 55" x 70" / TITLE: Kings and the Crowd' on reverse
57 ⅞ x 70 in. (147 x 177.8 cm.)
Painted in 1969
Acquired from Selected Artists Galleries, Madison Avenue, New York in 1972
MOHAN SAMANT
1924 - 2004
KINGS AND THE CROWD
Mixed media on canvas
Signed and dated 'MB Samant / 69' and bearing a label 'SIZE: 55" x 70" / TITLE: Kings and the Crowd' on reverse
57 ⅞ x 70 in. (147 x 177.8 cm.)
Painted in 1969
Acquired from Selected Artists Galleries, Madison Avenue, New York in 1972
A top price for Mohan Samant
This artwork by Mohan Samant achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in March 2020. In the Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art auction, the work Kings And The Crowd sold for USD 162,500.00 (€ 147,338.83) - well above the upper estimate of USD 60,000.00. This high result makes Kings And The Crowd the most expensive artwork by Mohan Samant that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Mohan Samant
Dieses Kunstwerk von Mohan Samant erzielte im März 2020 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art wurde die Arbeit Kings And The Crowd für USD 162.500,00 (€ 147.338,83) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Kings And The Crowd zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Mohan Samant, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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