Bakre, S.K. (Artist). Untitled, 1959 | Painting | 00871485
Estimates
₹3,500,000 - 5,500,000
$39,550 - 62,150
Winning Bid
₹5,040,000
$56,949
Artwork Square Inch Rate (S.I.R)
6072.09
Lot Ratio | Hammer Price / Lower Estimate
1.44
S.K. Bakre | 10 Nov 1920 – 18 Dec 2007
ArtistS.K. Bakre
TitleUntitled
MediumOil on board
Date1959
Size35.43 x 23.43 in (90.00 x 59.50 cm)
Lot Number41
Auction HouseSaffronart
Venue / LocationNew Delhi
Date of Auction27 September 2025
Type of AuctionOffline
Provenance
Gifted by the artist to Mr. Absalom Peters, London, 1970s
Mr. Peters was a friend of the artist. For a short time in the 1970s, they shared a flat in London where the artist used the back bedroom as a studio. Bakre gifted this work to Mr. Peters upon returning to India permanently.
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above
DAG, New Delhi
Private Collection, New Delhi
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