Zarina
Tasbih (Gold)
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 365.400 USD
Price realised: 365.400 USD
Description
Property of a Lady of Title
Zarina
1937 - 2020
Tasbih (Gold)
Maple wood covered with formulated gold leaf and strung with leather cord
Edition 1 of 2
Approximately 254 in. (645 cm.) long
Each unit (bead): 1 x 1 in. (2.5 x 2.5 cm.); 504 units total
Executed in 2008
Acquired from Galerie Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Paris, 2011
Zarina
1937 - 2020
Tasbih (Gold)
Maple wood covered with formulated gold leaf and strung with leather cord
Edition 1 of 2
Approximately 254 in. (645 cm.) long
Each unit (bead): 1 x 1 in. (2.5 x 2.5 cm.); 504 units total
Executed in 2008
Acquired from Galerie Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Paris, 2011
A top price for Zarina
The work Tasbih (Gold) by Zarina was worth USD 365,400.00 (€ 329,396.92) to a buyer in March last year. This price was achieved in the auction Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 70,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Tasbih (Gold) the most expensive artwork by Zarina that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Zarina
Die Arbeit Tasbih (Gold) von Zarina war einem Käufer im März letzten Jahres USD 365.400,00 (€ 329.396,92) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 70.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Tasbih (Gold) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Zarina, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
