J. Sultan Ali
Milk Maids
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Price realised: 35.280 USD
Price realised: 35.280 USD
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Port Townsend, Washington
J. Sultan Ali
1920 - 1990
Milk Maids
Oil on canvas
Signed, titled and inscribed 'MILK MAIDS / 32" x 30" / J. SULTAN ALI' and further bearing Chemould Calcutta label on reverse
30 x 31 ¾ in. (76.2 x 80.6 cm.)
Acquired in India by Thomas Gardner Allen circa 1970s | Thence by descent | Tom Allen dedicated 12 years of his professional life serving as Cultural Attaché for the U.S. State Department. He loved the culture and diversity of India, and through his association with Kumar Gallery, he acquired works of art, from various Indian artists, most notably Maqbool Fida Husain, Gulam Rasool Santosh and B. Prabha. Mr. Allen and his family lived in New Delhi (1953-58, 1962-65, 1970-71), Trivandrum (1969-70
J. Sultan Ali
1920 - 1990
Milk Maids
Oil on canvas
Signed, titled and inscribed 'MILK MAIDS / 32" x 30" / J. SULTAN ALI' and further bearing Chemould Calcutta label on reverse
30 x 31 ¾ in. (76.2 x 80.6 cm.)
Acquired in India by Thomas Gardner Allen circa 1970s | Thence by descent | Tom Allen dedicated 12 years of his professional life serving as Cultural Attaché for the U.S. State Department. He loved the culture and diversity of India, and through his association with Kumar Gallery, he acquired works of art, from various Indian artists, most notably Maqbool Fida Husain, Gulam Rasool Santosh and B. Prabha. Mr. Allen and his family lived in New Delhi (1953-58, 1962-65, 1970-71), Trivandrum (1969-70
Upper estimate price exceeded by 76 %.
This artwork by J. Sultan Ali achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in March last year. In the Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art auction, the work Milk Maids sold for USD 35,280.00 (€ 31,803.84) - well above the upper estimate of USD 20,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by J. Sultan Ali; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Vanraj-Nandi sold at auction in March 2021 with the realized price of USD 47,880.00 (€ 40,773.23).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 76 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von J. Sultan Ali erzielte im März letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art wurde die Arbeit Milk Maids für USD 35.280,00 (€ 31.803,84) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 20.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von J. Sultan Ali; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Vanraj-Nandi im März 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 47.880,00 (€ 40.773,23).
J. Sultan Ali - Auction history
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