Maung Su Yatanabon
A set of four portrait studies of Burmese sitters including a cigar smoker and cheroot smoker, a priest and a priestess each 32 x 25.1cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/8in). (4) all mounted but unframed
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 1.913 GBP
Price realised: 1.913 GBP
Description
Maung Su Yatanabon (Burmese, 1903-1965)
A set of four portrait studies of Burmese sitters including a cigar smoker and cheroot smoker, a priest and a priestess
each signed 'Yatanabon/MgSu' (lower right), and variously inscribed in pencil with the details of the sitters and location (lower left)
watercolour heightened with white and traces of pencil
each 32 x 25.1cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/8in). (4)
all mounted but unframed
A set of four portrait studies of Burmese sitters including a cigar smoker and cheroot smoker, a priest and a priestess
each signed 'Yatanabon/MgSu' (lower right), and variously inscribed in pencil with the details of the sitters and location (lower left)
watercolour heightened with white and traces of pencil
each 32 x 25.1cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/8in). (4)
all mounted but unframed
A top price for Maung Su Yatanabon
This artwork by Maung Su Yatanabon achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in London in March last year. In the Travel & Exploration auction, the work A set of four portrait studies of Burmese sitters including a cigar smoker and cheroot smoker, a priest and a priestess each 32 x 25.1cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/8in). (4) all mounted but unframed sold for GBP 1,912.50 (€ 2,267.48) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 800.00. This high result makes A set of four portrait studies of Burmese sitters including a cigar smoker and cheroot smoker, a priest and a priestess each 32 x 25.1cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/8in). (4) all mounted but unframed the most expensive artwork by Maung Su Yatanabon that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Maung Su Yatanabon
Dieses Kunstwerk von Maung Su Yatanabon erzielte im März letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Travel & Exploration wurde die Arbeit A set of four portrait studies of Burmese sitters including a cigar smoker and cheroot smoker, a priest and a priestess each 32 x 25.1cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/8in). (4) all mounted but unframed für GBP 1.912,50 (€ 2.267,48) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 800,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A set of four portrait studies of Burmese sitters including a cigar smoker and cheroot smoker, a priest and a priestess each 32 x 25.1cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/8in). (4) all mounted but unframed zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Maung Su Yatanabon, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Maung Su Yatanabon - Auction history
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