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Lot 117: GAGANENDRANATH TAGORE (1867 - 1938)

Est: $10,000 USD - $15,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USMarch 24, 2010

Item Overview

Description

THE SLEEPLESS CITY Signed and dated 'GT/ Aug 1915' lower right Watercolor on paper 10 by 22 1/4 in. (25.5 by 56.5 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Private UK Collection since the late 1920s

Notes

Inscribed on a Bengal Arts Exhibition 1915 label 'No./34./ The Indian Society of Oriental Art/ c/o GN Tagore Esq., Hon'y Secretary Indian Society of Oriental Art/ 5, Dwarkanath Tagore's Lane/ Calcutta/Gaganendranath Tagore/ 5, Dwarkanath Tagore's Lane/ Calcutta/ Amateur/ Painted in India/ in August 1915/ "The Sleepless City"/ Original/ Rs 300/ - Rupees Three Hundred/ His Excellency The Governor's Prize' on reverse

Auction Details

Indian & Southeast Asian Art

by
Sotheby's
March 24, 2010, 10:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US