Krishen Khanna
Untitled
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, Lot 23
16. Mar - 16. Mar 2020
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, Lot 23
16. Mar - 16. Mar 2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTION
KRISHEN KHANNA
b. 1925
UNTITLED
Mixed media on handmade paper laid on cloth and cardboard
Signed, dated and inscribed (indistinctly) 'K. Khanna / Simla ' 70' lower right
35 ¾ x 35 ¾ in. (90.8 x 90.8 cm.)
Executed in 1970
Acquired in India in the 1970s by Margaret Lawson Cormack | Thence by descent | Margaret Lawson Cormack was a renowned author who was born in Madura, India in 1912. She left India to attend college at the University of Kansas but went back to teach in Tamil Nadu. After the end of World War II, Cormack returned to the US to continue her education, eventually receiving a PhD and becoming a professor at numerous colleges and universities across the
KRISHEN KHANNA
b. 1925
UNTITLED
Mixed media on handmade paper laid on cloth and cardboard
Signed, dated and inscribed (indistinctly) 'K. Khanna / Simla ' 70' lower right
35 ¾ x 35 ¾ in. (90.8 x 90.8 cm.)
Executed in 1970
Acquired in India in the 1970s by Margaret Lawson Cormack | Thence by descent | Margaret Lawson Cormack was a renowned author who was born in Madura, India in 1912. She left India to attend college at the University of Kansas but went back to teach in Tamil Nadu. After the end of World War II, Cormack returned to the US to continue her education, eventually receiving a PhD and becoming a professor at numerous colleges and universities across the
Auction result well in line with expectations
This work without title by Krishen Khanna was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in March 2020. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 20,000.00 – 25,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 21,250.00 (€ 19,267.39) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Krishen Khanna achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Anatomy Lesson in March 2007 with an auction result of USD 264,000.00 (€ 197,397.94).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Diese Arbeit ohne Titel von Krishen Khanna kam im März 2020 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 20.000,00 – 25.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 21.250,00 (€ 19.267,39) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Krishen Khanna erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Anatomy Lesson im März 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 264.000,00 (€ 197.397,94).
Krishen Khanna - Auction history
