Vivan Sundaram

Re-take of Amrita

Found at Christies, New York
South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art, Lot 92
20. Mar - 20. Mar 2013
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 12.500 USD
VIVAN SUNDARAM (B. 1943)
Re-take of Amrita
signed and dated 'Vivan 2001' (lower right); signed, inscribed, titled and dated 'Vivan Sundaram Retake of Amrita 2001 Vivan Sundaram' (on the reverse)
digital photomontage
22 x 10 in. (55.9 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed in 2001

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Vivan Sundaram achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in March 2013. In the South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art auction, the work Re-take of Amrita sold for USD 12,500.00 (€ 9,753.43) - well above the upper estimate of USD 5,000.00. Admittedly, works by Vivan Sundaram have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Passage in March 2006 with an auction result of USD 51,000.00 (€ 42,013.35).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Vivan Sundaram erzielte im März 2013 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art wurde die Arbeit Re-take of Amrita für USD 12.500,00 (€ 9.753,43) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 5.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Vivan Sundaram auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Passage im März 2006 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 51.000,00 (€ 42.013,35).

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