Ganesh Pyne
Slumberland
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 529.200 USD
Price realised: 529.200 USD
Description
Property of a Gentleman
Ganesh Pyne
1937 - 2013
Slumberland
Tempera on canvas laid on card
Signed and dated in Bengali lower right. Bearing artist’s label: ‘'SLUMBERLAND' / (TEMPERA ON CANVAS) / Rs. 400/- ONLY / 1971 / GANESH PYNE’ on reverse. Also bearing a rubber stamp: ‘GANESH PYNE - 1971’
19 ½ x 22 ¼ in. (49.5 x 56.5 cm.)
Painted in 1971
Acquired in India circa 1973 by an American diplomat | Thence by descent
Ganesh Pyne
1937 - 2013
Slumberland
Tempera on canvas laid on card
Signed and dated in Bengali lower right. Bearing artist’s label: ‘'SLUMBERLAND' / (TEMPERA ON CANVAS) / Rs. 400/- ONLY / 1971 / GANESH PYNE’ on reverse. Also bearing a rubber stamp: ‘GANESH PYNE - 1971’
19 ½ x 22 ¼ in. (49.5 x 56.5 cm.)
Painted in 1971
Acquired in India circa 1973 by an American diplomat | Thence by descent
A top price for Ganesh Pyne
The work Slumberland by Ganesh Pyne was worth USD 529,200.00 (€ 477,057.60) to a buyer in March last year. This price was achieved in the auction Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 150,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Slumberland the most expensive artwork by Ganesh Pyne that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ganesh Pyne
Die Arbeit Slumberland von Ganesh Pyne war einem Käufer im März letzten Jahres USD 529.200,00 (€ 477.057,60) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Slumberland zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ganesh Pyne, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ganesh Pyne - Auction history
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