Lot 50 · South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
Try Harder to be Free of Country, Water, Sky and Foreign Friends; Don't Frown When you Wear my Crown Around Town!
Rina Banerjee · ink and acrylic on paper
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,194–$9,291
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art, London · 10 June 2015
- Dimensions
- 14¾ x 11 in. (37.5 x 27.9 cm.) each
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4147626
- Record
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Rina Banerjee, Try Harder to be Free of Country, Water, Sky and Foreign Friends; Don't Frown When you Wear my Crown Around Town!. Christie's, 10 Jun 2015, lot 50. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4147626.
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Rina Banerjee, Try Harder to be Free of Country, Water, Sky and Foreign Friends; Don't Frown When you Wear my Crown Around Town!. Christie's, 10 Jun 2015, lot 50. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4147626.
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From the same sale South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art · Jun 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Two Sisters); Untitled (Mother and Child) | Ram Kumar | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Untitled (Heads) | Francis Newton Souza | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Untitled | Vasudeo S. Gaitonde | £600,000–£800,000 | |
| Untitled (Man in Tunic) | Francis Newton Souza | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Untitled (Daughter of the Consul in Bombay) | Maqbool Fida Husain | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Untitled (Self Portrait) | Amrita Sher-gil | £1,000,000–£1,800,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Rina Banerjee | Ostrich Girl in Exile | Christie's, Jun 2015 | ||
| Rina Banerjee | Where is my castle in the sky | Sotheby's, Mar 2016 | ||
| Rina Banerjee | Untitled | Sotheby's, Jun 2013 |
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