Tyeb Mehta’s ‘falling figure’ to lead Christie’s fall sale (With Image)
August 15th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) An untitled falling figure by Tyeb Mehta, estimated at $6,00,000-$800,000, which became the mascot for "culture against communalism" movement in Mumbai in 1990s will ... Read more...
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Tyeb Mehta work sells for $2.1 mn at Christie’s South Asian auction
June 12th, 2012 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) An untitled painting of Mahishasura by Tyeb Mehta was sold to an Asian institution for $2.1 million (Rs.120 million) at a Christie's South Asian Modern ... Read more...
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Tyeb Mehta’s work sets new price record at Christie’s
June 10th, 2011 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) An untitled work showing a figure on a hand-pulled rickshaw painted by Tyeb Mehta in 1984 has set a new record for the artist's works ... Read more...
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Tyeb Mehta, Souza lead auction stakes at Christie’s
May 26th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The early masters of Indian contemporary art and the progressive group of artists like Tyeb Mehta, F.N. Souza and Akbar Padamsee are high on the ... Read more...
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Raza, Husain, Souza top grossers in online art auction
September 14th, 2010 - 2:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sept 13 (IANS) Early contemporary masters stormed back to the art auction market this week, steering the top-of-the chain price trends at the two-day Saffronart's autumn online auction that made ... Read more...
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Husain’s work fetches over Rs.2 crore (With Image)
March 19th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) An untitled work by eminent painter M.F. Husain sold for over Rs.2 crore at the Saffronart Spring Online Auction 2010.
The art work that crossed the Rs.2 crore ... Read more...
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Bawa sets new price record at global online auction (With Image)
December 14th, 2009 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Saffronart, the Mumbai-based online auction house for fine art and jewellery, set a global price record for Manjit Bawa's untitled canvas at Rs. 1.7 crore against an ... Read more...
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Mehta, Husain highlights of Sotheby’s New York sale (With Image)
August 21st, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) A rare piece of work by Tyeb Mehta, M.F. Husain's "Bewildered Brown" and a range of miniature Jataka paintings sourced from a private Indian collector will be ... Read more...
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Subodh Gupta tops Saffronart sale
December 12th, 2008 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 12 (IANS) Of the 115 lots that were up for sale at Saffronart's December auction, 72 found buyers, with Subodh Gupta's untitled work receiving the highest bid.Gupta's Lot 26, an ... Read more...
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Christie’s September sale - mix of old and young masters
August 15th, 2008 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 15 (IANS) International auction house Christie's is all set to spice up sales in mid September here with its 140 lots of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art, which ... Read more...
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Saffronart auction notches $9.7 mn sales, Subodh Gupta on top (Lead)
June 21st, 2008 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) New Delhi-based contemporary artist Subodh Gupta's untitled work of steel vessels soared past S.H. Raza's "Germination" to record a high of Rs.57 million ($1.43 million) at Saffronart's summer ... Read more...
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Subodh Gupta’s work fetches $1.33 mn at Saffronart auction
June 20th, 2008 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) New Delhi-based contemporary artist Subodh Gupta's untitled work of steel vessels soared past S.H. Raza's "Germination" to record a high of Rs.57 million ($1.33 million) at Saffronart's summer ... Read more...
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Souza, Mehta top Christie’s Indian modern art sale
June 12th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 12 (IANS) Works of Francis Newton Souza and Tyeb Mehta were the highlights of the Christie's sale of contemporary Indian art here, which also included works from Tina Ambani's Mumbai-based ... Read more...
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Indian art attracts over $1.7 mn in Sotheby’s spring auctions (Lead)
May 16th, 2008 - 11:24 am ICT by admin
New York, May 16 (IANS) Works by Indian artists Subodh Gupta, Anish Kapoor, T.V. Santosh, Chintan Upadhyay, Riyas Komu, Raqib Shaw and Bose Krishnamachari attracted high prices at Sotheby's spring series of ... Read more...
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Husain’s ‘Mahabharata’ fetches record $1.6 mn at Christie’s sale
March 21st, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by admin
(Second Lead)New York, March 21 (IANS) M.F. Husain's "Battle of Ganga and Jamuna: Mahabharata 12 (Lot 57)", a painting from the Hindu epic executed in 1971-1972, fetched a whopping $1.6 million, setting ... Read more...
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Husain’s ‘Mahabharata’ painting fetches world record $1.6 mn at Christie’s sale
March 21st, 2008 - 11:14 am ICT by admin
(Lead)New York, March 21 (IANS) M.F. Husain's "Battle of Ganga and Jamuna: Mahabharata 12 (Lot 57)", a painting from the Hindu epic executed in 1971-1972, went under the hammer for a whopping ... Read more...
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Husain tops Sotheby’s spring sales of Indian art
March 20th, 2008 - 11:54 am ICT by admin
New York, March 20 (IANS) M.F. Husain's untitled work has fetched $409,000, dominating the Sotheby's New York spring sales of Indian art. The 1953 painting was sold to an Indian dealer at ... Read more...
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Surendran Nair’s work tops Saffronart list in sale
March 14th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by admin
By Uma Nair
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Ahmedabad-based artist Surendran Nair's work "Doctrine of the Forest: An Actor at Play" sold for an astounding Rs.21.24 million ($558,969), a winning bid for this work ... Read more...
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Modern Indian masters rule Asian art auctions
February 20th, 2008 - 11:36 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)New Delhi/New York, Feb 20 (IANS) Works of masters of modern Indian art like M.F. Husain, F.N. Souza, S.H. Raza, J. Swaminathan and Tyeb Mehta are dominating global auctions of Asian art ... Read more...
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