Varma, Raja Ravi (Artist). Untitled (Tilottama), c.1896 | Painting
Estimates
₹26,015,000 - 39,022,500
$400,000 - 600,000
Winning Bid
₹51,704,813
$795,000
Artwork Square Inch Rate (S.I.R)
196015.26
Lot Ratio | Hammer Price / Lower Estimate
1.99
Raja Ravi Varma | 26 Apr 1848 – 02 Oct 1906
ArtistRaja Ravi Varma
TitleUntitled (Tilottama)
MediumOil on canvas
Datec.1896
Size20.00 x 13.19 in (50.80 x 33.50 cm)
Lot Number23
Auction HouseSotheby's
Venue / LocationNew York
Date of Auction19 March 2018
Type of AuctionOffline
Provenance
Collection of Fritz Schleicher
Thence by descent to Mrs. Lotti Schleicher Singh
Acquired by a private collector in Denmark
Sotheby's London, 25 April 1996, lot 311 Fritz Schleicher was a German printer from Berlin, who managed the 'Ravi Varma Oleographic and Chromolithographic Printing Workshop' and later bought the printing press from Ravi Varma in 1903.
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