Gulammohammed Sheikh
How Can You Sleep Tonight?
Found at
Christies,
New York
South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Including Works from the Collection of Mahinder and Sharad Tak, Lot 677
23. Mar - 23. Mar 2022
South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Including Works from the Collection of Mahinder and Sharad Tak, Lot 677
23. Mar - 23. Mar 2022
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 USD
Price realised: 2.040.000 USD
Price realised: 2.040.000 USD
Description
GULAMMOHAMMED SHEIKH (B. 1937)
How Can You Sleep Tonight?
signed and dated in Gujarati (lower right)
oil on canvas; diptych
84 x 84 in. (213.4 x 213.4 cm.)
Painted in 1994-95
How Can You Sleep Tonight?
signed and dated in Gujarati (lower right)
oil on canvas; diptych
84 x 84 in. (213.4 x 213.4 cm.)
Painted in 1994-95
A top price for Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
When the work How Can You Sleep Tonight? by Gulam Mohammed Sheikh was auctioned at Christies in New York in March last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 350,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at USD 2,040,000.00 (€ 1,838,997.57). This high result makes How Can You Sleep Tonight? the most expensive artwork by Gulam Mohammed Sheikh that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
Als die Arbeit How Can You Sleep Tonight? von Gulam Mohammed Sheikh im März letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 350.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 2.040.000,00 (€ 1.838.997,57) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht How Can You Sleep Tonight? zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Gulam Mohammed Sheikh - Auction history
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