Gulam Rasool Santosh
Untitled
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 37.800 USD
Price realised: 37.800 USD
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Maryland
Gulam Rasool Santosh
1929 - 1997
Untitled
Oil and pencil on canvas
Signed in Devanagari and signed, dated and inscribed '80 / SANTOSH / GARHI' on reverse
Bearing Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi label with 'CON NO. I SIZE: 101 x 127 / ARTIST NAME G. R. Santosh / TITLE Painting / PRICE 5000/- L.S.T. TOTAL' on reverse
50 ⅛ x 40 in. (127.3 x 101.6 cm.)
Framed: 51 ⅜ x 41 ⅝ in. (130.4 x 105.7 cm.) Painted in 1980
Acquired from Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, 1982
Gulam Rasool Santosh
1929 - 1997
Untitled
Oil and pencil on canvas
Signed in Devanagari and signed, dated and inscribed '80 / SANTOSH / GARHI' on reverse
Bearing Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi label with 'CON NO. I SIZE: 101 x 127 / ARTIST NAME G. R. Santosh / TITLE Painting / PRICE 5000/- L.S.T. TOTAL' on reverse
50 ⅛ x 40 in. (127.3 x 101.6 cm.)
Framed: 51 ⅜ x 41 ⅝ in. (130.4 x 105.7 cm.) Painted in 1980
Acquired from Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, 1982
Upper estimate price exceeded by 89 %.
This artwork by Gulam Rasool Santosh achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in March 2021. In the Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art auction, the work without title sold for USD 37,800.00 (€ 32,189.39) - well above the upper estimate of USD 20,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Gulam Rasool Santosh - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work without title, which sold at auction in March 2014 for USD 149,000.00 (€ 108,151.27).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 89 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Gulam Rasool Santosh erzielte im März 2021 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art wurde diese Arbeit ohne Titel für USD 37.800,00 (€ 32.189,39) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 20.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Gulam Rasool Santosh mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit ohne Titel beobachtet, die im März 2014 für USD 149.000,00 (€ 108.151,27) versteigert wurde.
Gulam Rasool Santosh - Auction history
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