Rabindranath Tagore
Untitled (The Water Carrier)
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 GBP
Price realised: 87.500 GBP
Price realised: 87.500 GBP
Description
signed in Bengali, and dated and inscribed 'To Lajwanti with blessings 24/2/1935 Lahore' (lower left)
ink and pastel on paper
9 ¾ x 3 5/8 in. (24.7 x 9.3 cm.)
Executed in 1935
Jagan Nath Madan FRCS was the chief medical officer for Jaipur. His wife, the academic, author and poet, Lajwanti Rama Krishna obtained two doctorates from the Sarbonne in Paris and London. It was through her studies in Paris that she met Rabindranath Tagore. He gifted the present lot in 1935 in Lahore. The work passed to Dr Yogesh Madan who in the 1950s emigrated to England and finally settled in Salford, Manchester where he worked as a dedicated and much loved General Practitioner for thirty y
ink and pastel on paper
9 ¾ x 3 5/8 in. (24.7 x 9.3 cm.)
Executed in 1935
Jagan Nath Madan FRCS was the chief medical officer for Jaipur. His wife, the academic, author and poet, Lajwanti Rama Krishna obtained two doctorates from the Sarbonne in Paris and London. It was through her studies in Paris that she met Rabindranath Tagore. He gifted the present lot in 1935 in Lahore. The work passed to Dr Yogesh Madan who in the 1950s emigrated to England and finally settled in Salford, Manchester where he worked as a dedicated and much loved General Practitioner for thirty y
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Untitled (The Water Carrier) by Rabindranath Tagore was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 18,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 87,500.00 (€ 98,889.91). Admittedly, works by Rabindranath Tagore have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Untitled (Couple) in September 2021 with an auction result of USD 637,500.00 (€ 550,660.79).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Untitled (The Water Carrier) von Rabindranath Tagore im Juni 2018 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 18.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 87.500,00 (€ 98.889,91) mehr als viermal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Rabindranath Tagore auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Untitled (Couple) im September 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 637.500,00 (€ 550.660,79).
Rabindranath Tagore - Auction history
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