Anjolie Ela Menon
Untitled (Shameena; Madonna)
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 40.000 USD
Price realised: 40.000 USD
Description
ANJOLIE ELA MENON (B. 1940)
Untitled (Shameena; Madonna)
signed and dated 'Anjolie Ela Menon ’90' (lower left); signed and dated 'Anjolie Ela Menon 89' (upper left)
oil on masonite
29 ¼ x 23 ¼ in. (74.3 x 59.1 cm.); 15 ½ x 11 ½ in. (39.4 x 29.2 cm.)
Painted in 1990; 1989; two works on masonite
Untitled (Shameena; Madonna)
signed and dated 'Anjolie Ela Menon ’90' (lower left); signed and dated 'Anjolie Ela Menon 89' (upper left)
oil on masonite
29 ¼ x 23 ¼ in. (74.3 x 59.1 cm.); 15 ½ x 11 ½ in. (39.4 x 29.2 cm.)
Painted in 1990; 1989; two works on masonite
Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.
This artwork by Anjolie Ela Menon achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in September 2021. In the South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art auction, the work Untitled (Shameena; Madonna) sold for USD 40,000.00 (€ 34,551.27) - well above the upper estimate of USD 20,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Anjolie Ela Menon - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work without title, which sold at auction in March 2006 for USD 144,000.00 (€ 118,625.92).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Anjolie Ela Menon erzielte im September 2021 bei Christies einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art wurde die Arbeit Untitled (Shameena; Madonna) für USD 40.000,00 (€ 34.551,27) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 20.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Anjolie Ela Menon mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit ohne Titel beobachtet, die im März 2006 für USD 144.000,00 (€ 118.625,92) versteigert wurde.
Anjolie Ela Menon - Auction history
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