Ramkinkar Baij
Festive Eve
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 INR
Price realised: 5.250.000 INR
Price realised: 5.250.000 INR
Description
RAMKINKAR BAIJ (1910-1980)
Festive Eve
signed in Bengali (lower right); inscribed '"FESTIVE EVE." BY - RAMKINKER. (SANTINIKETAN WEST BENGAL INDIA.) PRICE - RS 800/- RUPEES EIGHT HUNDRED ONLY' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
32¾ x 27¾ in. (83.2 x 70.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1960s
Festive Eve
signed in Bengali (lower right); inscribed '"FESTIVE EVE." BY - RAMKINKER. (SANTINIKETAN WEST BENGAL INDIA.) PRICE - RS 800/- RUPEES EIGHT HUNDRED ONLY' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
32¾ x 27¾ in. (83.2 x 70.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1960s
A top price for Ramkinkar Baij
When the work Festive Eve by Ramkinkar Baij was auctioned at Christies in Mumbai in December 2013, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - INR 800,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than six times as high at INR 5,250,000.00 (€ 61,724.36). This high result makes Festive Eve the most expensive artwork by Ramkinkar Baij that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ramkinkar Baij
Als die Arbeit Festive Eve von Ramkinkar Baij im Dezember 2013 bei Christies in Mumbai versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – INR 800.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit INR 5.250.000,00 (€ 61.724,36) mehr als sechsmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Festive Eve zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ramkinkar Baij, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ramkinkar Baij - Auction history
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