Photo © Saffronart — view this lot on Saffronart ↗The Walls Have Ears (The Private Softness of Skin), 1999
Oil · Canvas
Saffronart · Dec 5, 2018₹4,800,000 ≈ $68,064 ≈ £53,283 ≈ €59,947Sign up free to see price
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A Love Letter
Bharti Kher (English, b. 1969) · 2009
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£47,500 price realized incl. premium
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- Medium
- Other · Paintings all other results →As published: “bindis on painted board, in artist's frame”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, titled and dated 'Bharti Kher 2009 "A love letter..."' on the reverse
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- 188 x 249 cm (74 x 98 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New Now (UK010320)
- Date
- July 15, 2020
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 149
- Estimate
- £30,000 – £50,000 (≈ $37,920 – $63,200) (≈ €33,135 – €55,225)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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