Featured Thrift Store Find; renown Indian artist B. Prabha painting - has been sold by Christies!

When I googled the artist's name after finding this painting at a local thrift store today I almost dropped it! First things I saw were auctions for her works by Invaluable - and then Christies!
The signatures match to me - and this note on the artist fits mine to a tee too:

B. Prabha (1933–2001) was a major Indian artist who primarily worked in oil, in an instantly recognizable style. She is best known for graceful elongated figures of pensive rural women, with each canvas in a single dominant color.

Please tell me this is one of her paintings? (iy measures 24" x 29")
Thank you & fingers crossed!

 

This one looks kind of like mine; it sold for $12,000+ (!)
https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-b-prabha-untitled-5807429/?

 

To my eye, looks good. Is the brushwork on your painting similar to this?

Debora

 

Hope yours isn't a canvas print!

 

That might explain the lack of brushwork.

Debora

 

It's a painting - brush strokes + ridges where paint piled up I can see and feel

 

here's a couple of photos taken from the side

 

Thank you for the additional photos. I think you'd have to do some research to see if she typically used Grumbacher canvases. Speaking of "one"... I see "No One" written on back. Perhaps that's the title.

Debora

 

Here's the original of the print.

https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/junge-frau-mit-musikinstrument-14441797?orderBy=lot-title&order=DESC

Debora

 

I've been trying to follow along and hoping it's what it seems to be! This confuses me though, which original are you meaning? I see four different paintings mentioned above starting with Journey's.

 

Oh, dear! I posted what I thought was the original of an art print but now see it's not. I apologize for the confusion -- and thank you for pointing out my mistake so nicely.

Debora

 

I admire all your art knowledge and thought it was my usual confused self lol. The artist certainly kept to a theme.

 

No, my usual confused self. Agree re theme.

Debora

 

@journeymagazine I think you have hit the jackpot.

If its a painting (and it does look like that from where I see) looks like the real deal.
She is a sought after artist in India and her works regularly pop up in Indian auctions.

Here is one of them, you can contact them and check it out if they are interested.
https://www.astaguru.com/Home/searchArtist?artistid=158
https://www.saffronart.com/auctions/PostWork.aspx?l=33834

Best of Luck. and keep us posted if you can it will be wonderful to know what happened finally.

 

I think its No.1 = number 1. may be its part of a series? of ladies with different musical instruments etc.

 

Awesome find! I hope it's the winner it appears to be! You certainly have an eye and some awesome thrift stores in your area.

 

@journeymagazine did you finally end up getting this appraised sold or did you end up hanging it in your house (better option)

 

We use the big house for storage/estate sales while waiting on insurance settlement and live in the in-laws house - it's hanging in my bedroom for now so no one touches it/picks it up, etc..
Thinking of sending photos to Christie's to see if they'd auction it - unless you were interested?!!

 

@journeymagazine I think you will do much better at Christies or one of the other Indian ones i sent you.
I would love to own one, but its way out of my range.

 

Mine too!
Thank you