Raja Ravi Varma
Untitled (Tilottama)
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Price realised: 795.000 USD
Price realised: 795.000 USD
Description
Raja Ravi Varma
1848 -1906
UNTITLED (TILOTTAMA)
Signed ‘Ravi Varma’ and dated indistinctly lower left
Oil on canvas
20 x 13¼ in. (50.8 x 33.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1896
Collection of Fritz Schleicher | Thence by descent to Mrs. Lotti Schleicher Singh | Acquired by a private collector in Denmark | Sotheby's London, 25 April 1996, lot 311 | Fritz Schleicher was a German printer from Berlin, who managed the 'Ravi Varma Oleographic and Chromolithographic Printing Workshop' and later bought th
1848 -1906
UNTITLED (TILOTTAMA)
Signed ‘Ravi Varma’ and dated indistinctly lower left
Oil on canvas
20 x 13¼ in. (50.8 x 33.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1896
Collection of Fritz Schleicher | Thence by descent to Mrs. Lotti Schleicher Singh | Acquired by a private collector in Denmark | Sotheby's London, 25 April 1996, lot 311 | Fritz Schleicher was a German printer from Berlin, who managed the 'Ravi Varma Oleographic and Chromolithographic Printing Workshop' and later bought th
Upper estimate price exceeded by 33 %.
The work Untitled (Tilottama) by Raja Ravi Varma was sold in the Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art auction at Sothebys in New York in March 2018. It achieved a price of USD 795,000.00 (€ 645,292.21), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 33%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Raja Ravi Varma - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Untitled (Damayanti), which sold at auction in March 2017 for USD 1,692,500.00 (€ 1,582,071.42).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 33 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Untitled (Tilottama) von Raja Ravi Varma wurde im März 2018 in der Auktion Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 795.000,00 (€ 645.292,21) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 33%. Für andere Arbeiten von Raja Ravi Varma mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Untitled (Damayanti) beobachtet, die im März 2017 für USD 1.692.500,00 (€ 1.582.071,42) versteigert wurde.
Raja Ravi Varma - Auction history
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