Devi, Sunayani (Artist). Untitled (Saraswati), c.1920 | Painting
Estimates
₹500,000 - 800,000
$6,011 - 9,618Winning Bid
₹750,000
$9,016Artwork Square Inch Rate (S.I.R)
4593.34
Lot Ratio | Hammer Price / Lower Estimate
1.50
Sunayani Devi | 18 Jun 1875 – 23 Feb 1962
Title
Untitled (Saraswati)
Medium
Watercolour/tempera on paper
Date
c.1920
Size
15.70 x 10.40 in (39.88 x 26.42 cm)
Lot Number
27
Auction House
Prinseps
Venue / Location
Online
Date of Auction
02 October 2023
Type of Auction
Online
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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Research Categories
2_FineArts
6_EconomicsArt
14_IndoWorld
Source
prinseps-modern-art-auction-02-october-2023-online-auction-catalogue
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