Mohan Samant
Holy City
Estimate: 500 - 1.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Description
Mohan Samant
1924 - 2004
HOLY CITY
Signed and dated in Devanagari lower right and further titled and inscribed '"HOLY CITY" / Rs 900 /-' on reverse
Oil on canvas
83.5 x 68.3 cm. (32 ⅞ x 26 ⅞ in.)
Painted in 1946
Dölf Amacker went to India around 1948, shortly after independence and worked there as a young engineer. This work was acquired during his stay, between 1948 and 1961.
1924 - 2004
HOLY CITY
Signed and dated in Devanagari lower right and further titled and inscribed '"HOLY CITY" / Rs 900 /-' on reverse
Oil on canvas
83.5 x 68.3 cm. (32 ⅞ x 26 ⅞ in.)
Painted in 1946
Dölf Amacker went to India around 1948, shortly after independence and worked there as a young engineer. This work was acquired during his stay, between 1948 and 1961.
Artwork auctioned at eight times the upper estimate price
When the work Holy City by Mohan Samant was auctioned at Sothebys in London in October 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than eight times as high at GBP 8,750.00 (€ 9,747.77). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Mohan Samant achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Kings And The Crowd in March 2020 with an auction result of USD 162,500.00 (€ 147,338.83).
Kunstwerk zum Achtfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Holy City von Mohan Samant im Oktober 2016 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 8.750,00 (€ 9.747,77) mehr als achtmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Mohan Samant erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Kings And The Crowd im März 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 162.500,00 (€ 147.338,83).
Mohan Samant - Auction history
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