Senaka Senanayake
Untitled
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.000.000 INR
Price realised: 1.250.000 INR
Price realised: 1.250.000 INR
Description
Senaka Senanayake
B. 1951
UNTITLED
Signed and dated '2012 / Senaka Senanayake' lower right
Oil on canvas
121.9 x 91.4 cm. (48 x 36 in.)
Painted in 2012
Acquired directly from the artist by a private Indian collector, 2012-13 | Acquired from the above, 2018
B. 1951
UNTITLED
Signed and dated '2012 / Senaka Senanayake' lower right
Oil on canvas
121.9 x 91.4 cm. (48 x 36 in.)
Painted in 2012
Acquired directly from the artist by a private Indian collector, 2012-13 | Acquired from the above, 2018
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
This work without title by Senaka Senanayake was sold in the Boundless: India auction at Sothebys in Mumbai in November 2019. The »bidding war« ended at INR 1,250,000.00 (€ 15,768.22), 25% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Senaka Senanayake - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Untitled (Acrobats), which sold at auction in March 2019 for USD 43,750.00 (€ 38,965.09).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Diese Arbeit ohne Titel von Senaka Senanayake wurde im November 2019 in der Auktion Boundless: India bei Sothebys in Mumbai versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von INR 1.250.000,00 (€ 15.768,22) und damit 25% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Senaka Senanayake mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Untitled (Acrobats) beobachtet, die im März 2019 für USD 43.750,00 (€ 38.965,09) versteigert wurde.
Senaka Senanayake - Auction history
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