Nandalal Bose
Sati
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, Lot 1
29. Sep - 29. Sep 2020
Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, Lot 1
29. Sep - 29. Sep 2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SOMERSET
NANDALAL BOSE
1882 - 1966
SATI
Aquatint on paper heightened with gold
Signed in Devanagari lower right
26.5 x 17.5 cm. (10 ⅜ x 6 ⅞ in.)
Acquired in India by a private British collector. Her husband worked as a doctor in the British Army until the late 1920s when he passed away. She kept up her interest and contacts with India even after returning to England. | Thence by descent
NANDALAL BOSE
1882 - 1966
SATI
Aquatint on paper heightened with gold
Signed in Devanagari lower right
26.5 x 17.5 cm. (10 ⅜ x 6 ⅞ in.)
Acquired in India by a private British collector. Her husband worked as a doctor in the British Army until the late 1920s when he passed away. She kept up her interest and contacts with India even after returning to England. | Thence by descent
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Sati by Nandalal Bose was auctioned at Sothebys in London in September 2020, 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 three times as high at GBP 9,450.00 (€ 10,420.16). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Nandalal Bose achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Bull Fighter in September 2013 with an auction result of USD 147,750.00 (€ 109,161.43).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Sati von Nandalal Bose im September 2020 bei Sothebys in London 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 9.450,00 (€ 10.420,16) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Nandalal Bose erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Bull Fighter im September 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 147.750,00 (€ 109.161,43).
Nandalal Bose - Auction history
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