Abanindranath Tagore

Untitled (Kaikeyi And Manthara)

Found at Christies, New York
The Art of Nandalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore and Rabindranath Tagore: The Supratik Bose Collection, Lot 74
17. Sep - 17. Sep 2013

Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 22.500 USD

Description

ABANINDRANATH TAGORE (1871-1951)
Untitled (Kaikeyi and Manthara)
signed and inscribed in Bengali (lower left); further inscribed in Bengali and bearing partial label 'KALABHAVAN Biswarup Bose Presented on 17/3/44 Artist A.N. Tagore Description "Koiker" Bombay Exhibition' (on the reverse)
watercolor on card laid on card
11 1/8 x 8½ in. (28.3 x 21.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1915

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Abanindranath Tagore achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in September 2013. In the The Art of Nandalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore and Rabindranath Tagore: The Supratik Bose Collection auction, the work Untitled (Kaikeyi And Manthara) sold for USD 22,500.00 (€ 16,623.57) - well above the upper estimate of USD 8,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Abanindranath Tagore achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Untitled (Siva-Simantini) in September 2013 with an auction result of USD 555,750.00 (€ 410,602.14).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Abanindranath Tagore erzielte im September 2013 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Art of Nandalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore and Rabindranath Tagore: The Supratik Bose Collection wurde die Arbeit Untitled (Kaikeyi And Manthara) für USD 22.500,00 (€ 16.623,57) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 8.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Abanindranath Tagore erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Untitled (Siva-Simantini) im September 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 555.750,00 (€ 410.602,14).