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- Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir
- The Devotee; Mother
Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir
The Devotee; Mother
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, Lot 66
16. Mar - 16. Mar 2021
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, Lot 66
16. Mar - 16. Mar 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Property from a Private American Collection
Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir
1907 - 1974
The Devotee; Mother
Pencil and watercolor on paper
Signed and dated in Bengali with artist's seal upper right. Further signed and titled 'The Devotee - by Sudhir R. Khastgir' on reverse
Signed and dated in Bengali with artist's seal upper left. Further signed and titled 'Mother - Sudhir R. Khastgir' on reverse
16 ¾ x 13 ⅛ in. (42.5 x 33.3 cm.) each
Framed: 22 ¾ x 17 ¾ in. (57.7 x 45 cm.) each Quantity: 2
Private Collection, London | Sotheby's London, 17 June 1999, lots 173 and 174
Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir
1907 - 1974
The Devotee; Mother
Pencil and watercolor on paper
Signed and dated in Bengali with artist's seal upper right. Further signed and titled 'The Devotee - by Sudhir R. Khastgir' on reverse
Signed and dated in Bengali with artist's seal upper left. Further signed and titled 'Mother - Sudhir R. Khastgir' on reverse
16 ¾ x 13 ⅛ in. (42.5 x 33.3 cm.) each
Framed: 22 ¾ x 17 ¾ in. (57.7 x 45 cm.) each Quantity: 2
Private Collection, London | Sotheby's London, 17 June 1999, lots 173 and 174
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work The Devotee; Mother by Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in March 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 1,200.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 3,780.00 (€ 3,218.94). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Untitled (Lady With Bird), which sold at auction in March 2016 for USD 8,125.00 (€ 7,133.45).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The Devotee; Mother von Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir im März 2021 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 1.200,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 3.780,00 (€ 3.218,94) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Untitled (Lady With Bird) beobachtet, die im März 2016 für USD 8.125,00 (€ 7.133,45) versteigert wurde.
