Raja Ravi Varma
Untitled (Damayanti)
Estimate: 500.000 - 700.000 USD
Price realised: 1.692.500 USD
Price realised: 1.692.500 USD
Description
Raja Ravi Varma
1848 -1906
UNTITLED (DAMAYANTI)
Signed 'Rav...' lower left
Oil on canvas
28¾ x 20¾ in. (73 x 52.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1890 - 1900
Collection of Fritz Schleicher | Collection of Mrs. Lotti Schleicher Singh | Acquired by a private collector in Denmark | Sotheby's London, 25 April 1996, lot 305
1848 -1906
UNTITLED (DAMAYANTI)
Signed 'Rav...' lower left
Oil on canvas
28¾ x 20¾ in. (73 x 52.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1890 - 1900
Collection of Fritz Schleicher | Collection of Mrs. Lotti Schleicher Singh | Acquired by a private collector in Denmark | Sotheby's London, 25 April 1996, lot 305
A top price for Raja Ravi Varma
This artwork by Raja Ravi Varma achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in March 2017. In the Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art auction, the work Untitled (Damayanti) sold for USD 1,692,500.00 (€ 1,582,071.42) - well above the upper estimate of USD 700,000.00. This high result makes Untitled (Damayanti) the most expensive artwork by Raja Ravi Varma that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Raja Ravi Varma
Dieses Kunstwerk von Raja Ravi Varma erzielte im März 2017 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art wurde die Arbeit Untitled (Damayanti) für USD 1.692.500,00 (€ 1.582.071,42) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 700.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Untitled (Damayanti) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Raja Ravi Varma, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Raja Ravi Varma - Auction history
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