Badri Narayan
The Watermelon Seller's Family
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Price realised: 37.800 USD
Price realised: 37.800 USD
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Northern California
Badri Narayan
1929 - 2013
The Watermelon Seller's Family
Oil on canvas
Signed in Devanagari lower left and further signed and titled '"The Water Melon Seller's Family" by Badri Narayan' on reverse
39 ⅝ x 34 ½ in. (100.6 x 87.6 cm.)
Acquired directly from the artist at HexAmar Studio, Bombay in the 1960s by Joanna Leaker | Acquired from the above
Badri Narayan
1929 - 2013
The Watermelon Seller's Family
Oil on canvas
Signed in Devanagari lower left and further signed and titled '"The Water Melon Seller's Family" by Badri Narayan' on reverse
39 ⅝ x 34 ½ in. (100.6 x 87.6 cm.)
Acquired directly from the artist at HexAmar Studio, Bombay in the 1960s by Joanna Leaker | Acquired from the above
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Badri Narayan achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in March last year. In the Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art auction, the work The Watermelon Seller's Family sold for USD 37,800.00 (€ 34,075.54) - well above the upper estimate of USD 18,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Badri Narayan; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot without title sold at auction in September 2008 with the realized price of USD 74,500.00 (€ 52,908.17).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Badri Narayan 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 The Watermelon Seller's Family für USD 37.800,00 (€ 34.075,54) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 18.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Badri Narayan; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit ohne Titel im September 2008 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 74.500,00 (€ 52.908,17).
Badri Narayan - Auction history
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