Bikash Bhattacharjee
Untitled (The Visitors)
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 90.000 USD
Price realised: 90.000 USD
Description
signed and dated 'Bikash '70' (lower left)
oil on canvas
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1970
Kunika-Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi | Acquired from the above by Dorothy and Richard Sherwood, 1972
oil on canvas
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1970
Kunika-Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi | Acquired from the above by Dorothy and Richard Sherwood, 1972
Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.
The work Untitled (The Visitors) by Bikash Bhattacharjee was sold in the South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art auction at Christies in New York in September 2019. It achieved a price of USD 90,000.00 (€ 82,530.95), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 50%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Bikash Bhattacharjee; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Red Balloon sold at auction in May 2007 with the realized price of GBP 102,000.00 (€ 150,099.90).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Untitled (The Visitors) von Bikash Bhattacharjee wurde im September 2019 in der Auktion South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 90.000,00 (€ 82.530,95) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 50%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Bikash Bhattacharjee; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Red Balloon im Mai 2007 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 102.000,00 (€ 150.099,90).
Bikash Bhattacharjee - Auction history
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