Devi, Sunayani (Artist). Untitled (Saraswati), c.1920 | Painting
Estimates
₹500,000 - 800,000
$6,011 - 9,618
Winning Bid
₹750,000
$9,016
Artwork Square Inch Rate (S.I.R)
4593.34
Lot Ratio | Hammer Price / Lower Estimate
1.50
Sunayani Devi | 18 Jun 1875 – 23 Feb 1962
ArtistSunayani Devi
TitleUntitled (Saraswati)
MediumWatercolour/tempera on paper
Datec.1920
Size15.70 x 10.40 in (39.88 x 26.42 cm)
Lot Number27
Auction HousePrinseps
Venue / LocationOnline
Date of Auction02 October 2023
Type of AuctionOnline
Provenance
Private Collection Kolkata
Literary Reference
"Sunayani’s sorrow was of a different kind. Only we who are professional artists can feel it. She may not have starved on the streets to produce art. She may not have felt the pangs of poverty, she may not have been socially or politically aware, but her sorrow was of another kind, so private that sh..."
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