K. M. Adimoolam

Untitled

Found at Christies, New York
Indian and Southeast Asian Art Including 20th Century Indian, Lot 239
23. Sep - 23. Sep 2004
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 USD
Price realised: 3.824 USD
K. M. Adimoolam (b. 1938)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Adimoolam 2003' lower left and inscribed 'Adimoolam 2003 (K. M. ADIMOOLAM) 'UNTITLED' OIL - 2003 42" x 20"' on reverse
Oil on canvas
41 5/8 x 20 in. (105 x 50.8 cm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 91 %.

This artwork by K. M. Adimoolam achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in September 2004. In the Indian and Southeast Asian Art Including 20th Century Indian auction, the work without title sold for USD 3,824.00 (€ 3,079.65) - well above the upper estimate of USD 2,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by K. M. Adimoolam - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work without title, which sold at auction in September 2006 for USD 9,600.00 (€ 7,566.80).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 91 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von K. M. Adimoolam erzielte im September 2004 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Indian and Southeast Asian Art Including 20th Century Indian wurde diese Arbeit ohne Titel für USD 3.824,00 (€ 3.079,65) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 2.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von K. M. Adimoolam 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 September 2006 für USD 9.600,00 (€ 7.566,80) versteigert wurde.

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