Anwar Jalal Shemza
Square Composition 9
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 119.700 USD
Price realised: 119.700 USD
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Singapore
Anwar Jalal Shemza
1928 - 1985
Square Composition 9
Oil on hardboard
Signed and dated in Urdu upper right. Further signed, dated, titled and inscribed '"Square Composition / 9" / Oil on hardboard / 61 x 61 cm / Shemza / 1963' on reverse
24 x 23 ⅞ in. (60.9 x 60.6 cm.)
Unframed
Painted in 1963
Acquired from the artist's family, 2005
Anwar Jalal Shemza
1928 - 1985
Square Composition 9
Oil on hardboard
Signed and dated in Urdu upper right. Further signed, dated, titled and inscribed '"Square Composition / 9" / Oil on hardboard / 61 x 61 cm / Shemza / 1963' on reverse
24 x 23 ⅞ in. (60.9 x 60.6 cm.)
Unframed
Painted in 1963
Acquired from the artist's family, 2005
Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.
This artwork by Anwar Jalal Shemza achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in March 2021. In the Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art auction, the work Square Composition 9 sold for USD 119,700.00 (€ 101,933.07) - well above the upper estimate of USD 60,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Anwar Jalal Shemza; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot City Wall sold at auction in September 2021 with the realized price of USD 231,250.00 (€ 199,749.50).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Anwar Jalal Shemza erzielte im März 2021 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art wurde die Arbeit Square Composition 9 für USD 119.700,00 (€ 101.933,07) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Anwar Jalal Shemza; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit City Wall im September 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 231.250,00 (€ 199.749,50).
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