B. Prabha
Untitled (Fisherwomen)
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 44.100 USD
Price realised: 44.100 USD
Description
Property from a Private Mid-Atlantic Collection
B. Prabha
1933 - 2001
Untitled (Fisherwomen)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated '1965. b.prabha.' upper left
25 ¼ x 53 ¾ in. (64.4 x 136.6 cm.)
Painted in 1965
Acquired from Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, circa 1965 by Brent and Martha Ashabranner | Thence by descent | Mr. Brent Ashabranner was the Director of the Peace Corps stationed in New Delhi from 1962-1966. The Ashabranners lived and worked in Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Indonesia and the Philippines and were avid art collectors.
B. Prabha
1933 - 2001
Untitled (Fisherwomen)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated '1965. b.prabha.' upper left
25 ¼ x 53 ¾ in. (64.4 x 136.6 cm.)
Painted in 1965
Acquired from Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, circa 1965 by Brent and Martha Ashabranner | Thence by descent | Mr. Brent Ashabranner was the Director of the Peace Corps stationed in New Delhi from 1962-1966. The Ashabranners lived and worked in Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Indonesia and the Philippines and were avid art collectors.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by B. Prabha achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in March last year. In the Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art auction, the work Untitled (Fisherwomen) sold for USD 44,100.00 (€ 39,754.80) - well above the upper estimate of USD 20,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by B. Prabha; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot without title sold at auction in September 2006 with the realized price of USD 90,000.00 (€ 70,938.76).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von B. Prabha erzielte im März letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art wurde die Arbeit Untitled (Fisherwomen) für USD 44.100,00 (€ 39.754,80) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 20.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von B. Prabha; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit ohne Titel im September 2006 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 90.000,00 (€ 70.938,76).
B. Prabha - Auction history
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