Mazumdar, Hemendranath (Artist). Benaras, mid 1920s | Painting
Estimates
₹400,000 - 600,000
$5,000 - 7,500Winning Bid
₹448,000
$5,600Artwork Square Inch Rate (S.I.R)
987.33
Lot Ratio | Hammer Price / Lower Estimate
1.12
Hemendranath Mazumdar | 19 Sep 1894 – 22 Jul 1948
Title
Benaras
Medium
Watercolour wash on cloth
Date
mid 1920s
Size
23.43 x 19.37 in (59.50 x 49.20 cm)
Lot Number
5
Auction House
DeRivaz & Ives
Venue / Location
Online
Date of Auction
15 December 2022
Type of Auction
Online
Literary Reference
"Mazumdar’s educational environment was heavily framed by the curriculum of European art academies or ‘academic art’ which were focused on both a formalised rendering of the human body and an incisive study of socio-cultural realism... Where art history and criticism were unkind, art theory and cultu..."
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Research Categories
2_FineArts
6_EconomicsArt
14_IndoWorld
Source
derivaz-and-ives-indian-modern-art-15-december-2022-online-auction-catalogue
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