Bhupen Khakhar

Krishna Hotel

Found at Sothebys, London
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, Lot 37
6. Oct - 26. Oct 2021
Estimate: 200.000 - 400.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.225.000 GBP
Property from the Collection of Professor Christopher Benninger
Bhupen Khakhar
1934 - 2003
Krishna Hotel
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated in Gujarati lower right and titled 'Krishna Hotel' upper left
122.3 x 107 cm. (48 ⅛ x 42 in.)
Painted in 1972
Acquired from the New Order bookshop, Ahmedabad, during an exhibition organised by Dinkar Trivedi for the benefit of Bangladeshi Refugees, 1972

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

The work Krishna Hotel by Bhupen Khakhar was worth GBP 1,225,000.00 (€ 1,451,294.15) to a buyer in October 2021. This price was achieved in the auction Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 400,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Bhupen Khakhar; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Residency Bungalow sold at auction in June this year with the realized price of GBP 1,984,400.00 (€ 2,309,499.96).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit Krishna Hotel von Bhupen Khakhar war einem Käufer im Oktober 2021 GBP 1.225.000,00 (€ 1.451.294,15) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 400.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Bhupen Khakhar; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Residency Bungalow im Juni diesen Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 1.984.400,00 (€ 2.309.499,96).

Other artists in this auction

Bimal Dasgupta - Untitled
Bimal Dasgupta
Auction: 6. Oct - 26. Oct 2021
Title: Untitled
Price: 1.386 GBP
Found at Sothebys
6 auction results
Ram Kumar - Untitled
Ram Kumar
Auction: 6. Oct - 26. Oct 2021
Title: Untitled
Price: 35.280 GBP
Found at Sothebys
257 auction results
Francis Newton Souza - Untitled
Francis Newton Souza
Auction: 6. Oct - 26. Oct 2021
Title: Untitled
Price: 27.720 GBP
Found at Sothebys
1,137 auction results
Sunil Madhav Sen - Untitled (Nude)
Sunil Madhav Sen
Auction: 6. Oct - 26. Oct 2021
Title: Untitled (Nude)
Price: 1.260 GBP
Found at Sothebys
7 auction results