Nandalal Bose

Bull Fighter

Found at Christies, New York
The Art of Nandalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore and Rabindranath Tagore: The Supratik Bose Collection, Lot 1
17. Sep - 17. Sep 2013

Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 147.750 USD

Description

NANDALAL BOSE (1882-1966)
Bull Fighter
signed in Bengali and bearing personal seal of the artist (lower right); further bearing Visvabharati Kalabhavan and artist labels 'ORIGINAL PAINTING OF NANDALAL BOSE SANTINIKETAN, BIRBHUM WEST BENGAL, INDIA 1937 Bull Fighter' (on the reverse)
tempera on paper
25 x 23½ in. (63.5 x 59.7 cm.)
Executed in 1937; Commissioned by Mohandas K. Gandhi for the Indian National Congress Party meeting 1938, Haripura

A top price for Nandalal Bose

This artwork by Nandalal Bose achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in September 2013. In the The Art of Nandalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore and Rabindranath Tagore: The Supratik Bose Collection auction, the work Bull Fighter sold for USD 147,750.00 (€ 109,161.43) - well above the upper estimate of USD 50,000.00. This high result makes Bull Fighter the most expensive artwork by Nandalal Bose that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Nandalal Bose

Dieses Kunstwerk von Nandalal Bose erzielte im September 2013 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Art of Nandalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore and Rabindranath Tagore: The Supratik Bose Collection wurde die Arbeit Bull Fighter für USD 147.750,00 (€ 109.161,43) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 50.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Bull Fighter zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Nandalal Bose, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.