Rina Banerjee
A mighty mass of foam wept, a net no less wet and sticky claimed each speck of labor for another speck, broke them off her country's sweat so did she squatted on tight thighs, to beat out her horrid task, one at dark and the other by sight when colonial p
Estimate: 2.500 - 3.500 USD
Price realised: 5.625 USD
Price realised: 5.625 USD
Description
Ivory hunters, rubber merchants, labor traders, farm hands, like ancient tree, Banyan tree threw it's tangerine roots from his pale mouth, scraped the earth of wealth with bodies jumping, swaying and swirling, black and brown limbs flying, small hands churning to feed the cream she made with this crimson flesh to colonial kings too far to see, so make them sing with no remorse while nature and savage flicker, to cease upon a candles glow
signed and inscribed 'Rina Banerjee E.A. 7/8' (lower left); signed and inscribed 'E.A. 6/8 Rina Banerjee' (lower left)
lithographs on paper
39 3/8 x 27 1/8 in. (100 x 68.9 cm.) each
Executed in 2011; number seven and number six from editions of eight artist's proofs; two prints on paper
Gifted by the artist to Columbia University Press
signed and inscribed 'Rina Banerjee E.A. 7/8' (lower left); signed and inscribed 'E.A. 6/8 Rina Banerjee' (lower left)
lithographs on paper
39 3/8 x 27 1/8 in. (100 x 68.9 cm.) each
Executed in 2011; number seven and number six from editions of eight artist's proofs; two prints on paper
Gifted by the artist to Columbia University Press
Upper estimate price exceeded by 61 %.
The work A mighty mass of foam wept, a net no less wet and sticky claimed each speck of labor for another speck, broke them off her country's sweat so did she squatted on tight thighs, to beat out her horrid task, one at dark and the other by sight when colonial p by Rina Banerjee was sold in the South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art auction at Christies in New York in September 2019. The »bidding war« ended at USD 5,625.00 (€ 5,158.18), 61% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Rina Banerjee have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work In what seemed at first a monster's colonial dream, leprechauns of amber body and agile mind blew west wondering what it would be like to leave land, ocean, bird, bear, feline and the bounty of horned beasts, to leave our nature for culture in March 2013 with an auction result of USD 30,000.00 (€ 23,408.24).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 61 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit A mighty mass of foam wept, a net no less wet and sticky claimed each speck of labor for another speck, broke them off her country's sweat so did she squatted on tight thighs, to beat out her horrid task, one at dark and the other by sight when colonial p von Rina Banerjee wurde im September 2019 in der Auktion South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 5.625,00 (€ 5.158,18) und damit 61% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Rina Banerjee auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit In what seemed at first a monster's colonial dream, leprechauns of amber body and agile mind blew west wondering what it would be like to leave land, ocean, bird, bear, feline and the bounty of horned beasts, to leave our nature for culture im März 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis
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