A rare oil paint from the Indian national hero Mahatma Gandhi was auctioned in London for £ 1,800 (around 176,626 euros). The estimate of the image of the artist Clare Leighton painted in 1931 was far surpassed.
As the Bonhams Auction House announced, the estimated value of £ 50,000 was far exceeded.
The photo painted by the artist Clare Leighton in 1931 is considered the only portrait for which Gandhi himself stood.
Gandhi “at the height of his strength”
Her oil painting shows Gandhi “at the height of his strength,” said the artist’s Grandege, Caspar Leighton, before the auction. It was exhibited in London in November 1931 and only then again in 1978 at an exhibition by the artist in Boston.
After the death of Clare Leighton, her great cousin inherited the photo and then he himself. Caspar had the desire to make it accessible to more people. “Maybe it should return to India – maybe that is his true at home.”
Source: Krone
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