Nikhil Biswas
Untitled (Benares)
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
Contemporary Art Asia: Including a Collection of Works by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Lot 52
18.Sep - 25.Sep.2019
Contemporary Art Asia: Including a Collection of Works by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Lot 52
18.Sep - 25.Sep.2019
Estimate: 2.500 - 3.500 USD
Price realised: 3.000 USD
Price realised: 3.000 USD
Description
signed 'Nikhil' and dated indistinctly (lower right)
gouache on paper
60.3 x 46.4 cm. (23 3 ⁄ 4 x 18 1 ⁄ 4 in.)
Acquired by James Waite Mahoney while he was posted as Chief Political Officer in the US Consulate in Calcutta, circa. early 1960s | Thence by descent
gouache on paper
60.3 x 46.4 cm. (23 3 ⁄ 4 x 18 1 ⁄ 4 in.)
Acquired by James Waite Mahoney while he was posted as Chief Political Officer in the US Consulate in Calcutta, circa. early 1960s | Thence by descent
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Untitled (Benares) by Nikhil Biswas was sold in the Contemporary Art Asia: Including a Collection of Works by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita auction at Christies in New York in September 2019. The price achieved of USD 3,000.00 (€ 2,751.03) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 2,500.00 – 3,500.00. Other works by Nikhil Biswas have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in March 2012 the work Two Untitled Works was auctioned for USD 6,250.00 (€ 4,687.27).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Untitled (Benares) von Nikhil Biswas wurde im September 2019 in der Auktion Contemporary Art Asia: Including a Collection of Works by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita bei Christies in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 3.000,00 (€ 2.751,03) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 2.500,00 – 3.500,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Nikhil Biswas konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im März 2012 die Arbeit Two Untitled Works für USD 6.250,00 (€ 4.687,27) versteigert.
Nikhil Biswas - Auction history
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