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- Sorting The Fish
Abdulrahim Apabhai Almelkar
Sorting The Fish
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 3.000 USD
Price realised: 3.000 USD
Description
Abdulrahim Apabhai Almelkar
1920 - 1982
SORTING THE FISH
Signed and dated 'AA Almelkar / 1955' lower right and further signed, dated, titled and inscribed 'MALABAR / "SORTING THE FISH" / BY / A.A. ALMELKAR / Rs. 150 / 1955' on reverse
Gouache and ink on cardboard
9⅝ x 12⅛ in. (24.8 x 31 cm.)
Painted in 1955
Acquired from Taj Art Gallery, Bombay in late 1980s
1920 - 1982
SORTING THE FISH
Signed and dated 'AA Almelkar / 1955' lower right and further signed, dated, titled and inscribed 'MALABAR / "SORTING THE FISH" / BY / A.A. ALMELKAR / Rs. 150 / 1955' on reverse
Gouache and ink on cardboard
9⅝ x 12⅛ in. (24.8 x 31 cm.)
Painted in 1955
Acquired from Taj Art Gallery, Bombay in late 1980s
Sold at the upper estimate price
The work Sorting The Fish by Abdulrahim Apabhai Almelkar was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in March 2018. The auction ended at the price of USD 3,000.00 (€ 2,435.06), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of USD 2,000.00 – 3,000.00. Admittedly, works by Abdulrahim Apabhai Almelkar have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Udaipur Landscape in March 2015 with an auction result of USD 17,500.00 (€ 16,292.71).
Zuschlag beim oberen Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit Sorting The Fish von Abdulrahim Apabhai Almelkar kam im März 2018 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 3.000,00 (€ 2.435,06) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 2.000,00 – 3.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Abdulrahim Apabhai Almelkar auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Udaipur Landscape im März 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 17.500,00 (€ 16.292,71).