Haku Shah
Woman with Bird
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 5.100 GBP
Price realised: 5.100 GBP
Description
Haku Shah (Indian, B. 1934)
Woman with Bird
signed and dated in Devanagiri Haku 2000 lower right
oil on canvas
140.5 x 86.1cm (55 5/16 x 33 7/8in).
Acquired from the Birla Art Academy, Mumbai in 2001.
Woman with Bird
signed and dated in Devanagiri Haku 2000 lower right
oil on canvas
140.5 x 86.1cm (55 5/16 x 33 7/8in).
Acquired from the Birla Art Academy, Mumbai in 2001.
A top price for Haku Shah
The work Woman with Bird by Haku Shah was worth GBP 5,100.00 (€ 5,999.66) to a buyer in May last year. This price was achieved in the auction Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art at Bonhams in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 1,500.00 many times over. This high result makes Woman with Bird the most expensive artwork by Haku Shah that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Haku Shah
Die Arbeit Woman with Bird von Haku Shah war einem Käufer im Mai letzten Jahres GBP 5.100,00 (€ 5.999,66) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art bei Bonhams in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Woman with Bird zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Haku Shah, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.