Biren De
Widows
Found at
Christies,
New York
A Lasting Engagement: The Jane and Kito de Boer Collection, Lot 476
23.Sep - 23.Sep.2020
A Lasting Engagement: The Jane and Kito de Boer Collection, Lot 476
23.Sep - 23.Sep.2020
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 68.750 USD
Price realised: 68.750 USD
Description
signed and dated ‘Biren de ‘57’ (lower left); further titled, dated and signed ‘“Widows” 1957 / BIREN DE / Biren de ‘57’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
26 ¾ x 42 ¼ in. (67.9 x 107.3 cm.)
Painted in 1957
Private Collection, New Delhi | Heart Intuitive Logic, 27-28 November 1999, lot 198 | Acquired from the above by the present owner
oil on canvas
26 ¾ x 42 ¼ in. (67.9 x 107.3 cm.)
Painted in 1957
Private Collection, New Delhi | Heart Intuitive Logic, 27-28 November 1999, lot 198 | Acquired from the above by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by 38 %.
The work Widows by Biren De was sold in the A Lasting Engagement: The Jane and Kito de Boer Collection auction at Christies in New York in September 2020. It achieved a price of USD 68,750.00 (€ 58,670.42), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 38%. Other works by Biren De have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 60,000.00 (€ 67,661.49) in October 2018 for the work September '73.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 38 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Widows von Biren De wurde im September 2020 in der Auktion A Lasting Engagement: The Jane and Kito de Boer Collection bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 68.750,00 (€ 58.670,42) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 38%. Andere Arbeiten von Biren De haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 60.000,00 (€ 67.661,49) im Oktober 2018 für die Arbeit September '73 beobachtet.