Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
8 9 JUNE 2016
CONTENTS
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CLOSING SCHEDULE
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INDEX
Cover
Lot 29
Back cover
Lot 26
Facing page
Lot 95
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JAMINI ROY
(1887 - 1972)
Untitled (Horse)
Signed in Bengali (lower right)
Tempera on card paper
18.5 x 12.25 in (47 x 31.4 cm)
JAMINI ROY
(1887 1972)
Untitled
Watercolour on paper
15 x 10.25 in (38 x 26 cm)
$ 18,465 - 23,080
Rs 12,00,000 - 15,00,000
NON-EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist in 1956
Private Collection, Southern California
Private Collection, Maharashtra
$ 8,000 - 10,000
Rs 5,20,000 - 6,50,000
Bankura terracotta horses and elephants on display
at Bishnupur in Bankura district, West Bengal
Source: Amartyabag, via Wikimedia Commons
PROVENANCE:
Acquired by the present owner from Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, in the 1980s
13
RAMGOPAL VIJAIVARGIYA
(1905 - 2003)
Untitled
Signed in Devnagari (lower right)
Circa 1940s
Watercolour and wash on paper pasted on paper
36.5 x 25 in (92.7 x 63.5 cm)
$ 38,465 - 53,850
Rs 25,00,000 - 35,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Kolkata
Private Collection, New Delhi
GAGANENDRANATH TAGORE
5
(1867 - 1938)
Untitled
Initialled 'G. T.' and inscribed 'Nitica' (lower right)
Pencil on paper
9.75 x 6.75 in (24.6 x 17 cm)
$ 7,695 - 10,770
Rs 5,00,000 - 7,00,000
NON-EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist's family, Kolkata
Private Collection, Maharashtra
SOMNATH HORE
(1921 - 2006)
Untitled (Khajuraho)
Dated '25.10.55' (lower right)
1955
Ink on paper
14.25 x 10.25 in (36.3 x 26.2 cm)
$ 3,080 - 4,620
Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist's family
Private Collection, Maharashtra
K K HEBBAR
(1911 - 1996)
Tile Factory
Signed and dated 'Hebbar 59' (lower right)
1959
Oil on canvas
29 x 39 in (73.5 x 99 cm)
$ 25,000 - 35,000
Rs 16,25,000 - 22,75,000
Cover of V R Amberkar, Hebbar: Contemporary Series of Indian Art, New
Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi
Present lot published on pp. 1011
PUBLISHED:
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7
recto
K H ARA
8
(1914 - 1985)
Untitled
Signed 'ARA' (lower left)
Watercolour and gouache on paper
28.75 x 20.75 in (73.2 x 53 cm)
$ 10,770 - 13,850
Rs 7,00,000 - 9,00,000
F N SOUZA
(1924 2002)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Souza 54' (upper left)
1954
Watercolour and ink on paper
9.5 x 7.5 in (24.1 x 19 cm)
$ 5,000 - 7,000
Rs 3,25,000 - 4,55,000
PROVENANCE:
Christie's, London, 15 October 2004, lot 542
Saronart, 20-21 July 2011, lot 5
verso
21
verso
recto
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT
PRIVATE COLLECTION, BANGALORE
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S H RAZA
(b. 1922)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'RAZA 1953' (lower right); bearing
Vadehra Art Gallery label on the hardboard (on the
reverse)
1953
Pen and ink on newspaper
10.5 x 8.25 in (26.9 x 21.2 cm)
M F HUSAIN
$ 6,155 - 9,235
Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000
(1913 2011)
Untitled
Signed in Devnagari (lower right)
Sketch pen on paper
16.25 x 13.5 in (41.5 x 34.5 cm)
(Double-sided)
PROVENANCE:
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
PUBLISHED:
Ashok Vajpeyi ed., A Life in Art: S H Raza, New Delhi: Art
Alive Gallery, 2007, p. 179 (illustrated)
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$ 7,000 - 9,000
Rs 4,55,000 - 5,85,000
Similar sketches, including the present lot, have been published
in Ashok Vajpeyi ed., A Life in Art: S H Raza, New Delhi: Art Alive
Gallery, 2007, pp. 86, 179
PROVENANCE:
Saronart, 21-22 April 2011, lot 10
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S H RAZA
(b. 1922)
Eglise
Signed 'RAZA' (upper left); inscribed and
dated again 'RAZA 1953' and bearing Venice
Biennale label (on the reverse)
1953
Oil on board
23.5 x 16 in (60 x 40.8 cm)
$ 38,465 - 53,850
Rs 25,00,000 - 35,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Saronart, 16-17 June 2010, lot 75
EXHIBITED:
The Arts of France and the World, XXVIIIth, Venice:
Venice Biennale, 1956
PUBLISHED:
"An Insight into the Artists: Strategies of Being,"
Shodhganga, p. 258 (illustrated)
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M F HUSAIN
(1913 2011)
Untitled
Signed in Devnagari (lower right)
Oil on canvas
10.75 x 14.5 in (27 x 37 cm)
$ 30,000 - 50,000
Rs 19,50,000 - 32,50,000
PROVENANCE:
Bought directly from the artist by Philip Lyon Roussel, in Mumbai, circa 1960
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RAM KUMAR
(b. 1924)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Ram Kumar 81' (on the reverse)
1981
Watercolour on paper pasted on mountboard
22.5 x 28.5 in (57.3 x 72.7 cm)
$ 9,235 - 12,310
Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000
14
RAM KUMAR
(b. 1924)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Ram Kumar 08' (on the reverse)
2008
Acrylic on canvas
35.75 x 47.75 in (90.8 x 121.1 cm)
$ 46,155 - 61,540
Rs 30,00,000 - 40,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
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MANJIT BAWA
(1941 - 2008)
a) Untitled
Signed and dated 'Manjit Bawa
98' (lower right)
1998
Pen and ink on paper
14 x 21 in (36.1 x 53.8 cm)
$ 12,310 - 15,385
Rs 8,00,000 - 10,00,000
(Set of two)
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b) Untitled
Signed and dated 'Manjit Bawa
99' (lower right)
1999
Pen and ink on paper
13.75 x 21 in (35.3 x 53.4 cm)
17
KRISHEN KHANNA
(b. 1925)
Untitled
Signed 'K Khanna' (lower centre)
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
72 x 48 in (182.8 x 122 cm)
$ 38,465 - 53,850
Rs 25,00,000 - 35,00,000
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AKBAR PADAMSEE
(b. 1928)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'PADAMSEE 2005' (upper right)
2005
Watercolour on paper
14.75 x 22.75 in (37.5 x 57.6 cm)
$ 4,620 - 7,695
Rs 3,00,000 - 5,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
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RAM KUMAR
(b. 1924)
a) Untitled
Signed 'Ram Kumar' (on the reverse)
Ink and pastel on paper pasted on mountboard
7 x 10.75 in (17.9 x 27.4 cm)
$ 9,235 - 12,310
Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000
b) Untitled
Signed in Devnagari and dated '61' (on the reverse)
1961
Ink and pastel on paper pasted on mountboard
7 x 10.75 in (17.9 x 27.5 cm)
(Set of two)
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M F HUSAIN
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(1913 2011)
M F HUSAIN
(1913 - 2011)
Untitled
Signed in Devnagari (upper left)
Acrylic on linen
24 x 30 in (61 x 76.2 cm)
Untitled
Signed in Devnagari (upper right)
Oil crayon on paper pasted on wood
29.5 x 21.5 in (75 x 54.6 cm)
$ 20,000 - 25,000
Rs 13,00,000 - 16,25,000
$ 25,000 - 30,000
Rs 16,25,000 - 19,50,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai in 1977
Private Collection, USA
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai in 1977
Private Collection, USA
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M F HUSAIN
(1913 - 2011)
Untitled
Signed in Devnagari (lower right); signed again 'Husain' (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
36.5 x 33.25 in (92.6 x 84.4 cm)
$ 107,695 - 138,465
Rs 70,00,000 - 90,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, New York, 18 September 2013, lot 84
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GHULAM RASOOL
SANTOSH (1929 1997)
Untitled
Bearing Sao Paulo Biennale label on the
stretcher (on the reverse)
Acrylic on canvas
49.75 x 39.5 in (126.5 x 100.6 cm)
$ 30,770 - 46,155
Rs 20,00,000 - 30,00,000
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PROVENANCE:
Acquired from the artist's family, New Delhi,
2002
Private Collection, Mumbai
Private Collection, New Delhi
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GHULAM RASOOL
SANTOSH (1929 1997)
Untitled
Signed in Devnagari and dated '62'
(lower left)
1962
Oil on canvas
33.5 x 41.5 in (85 x 105.4 cm)
$ 6,000 - 8,000
Rs 3,90,000 - 5,20,000
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Lots 25-51
Closing Time:
Thursday, 9 June 2016
7.50 pm (IST)
10.20 am (US Eastern Time)
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RAM KUMAR
(b. 1924)
Untitled
Signed and dated in Devnagari
(lower right)
1966
Oil on canvas
45 x 51 in (114.3 x 129.5 cm)
$ 100,000 - 150,000
Rs 65,00,000 - 97,50,000
PROVENANCE:
Property from the Chowdhury
Family Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 19 September
2006, lot 86
EXHIBITED:
Ram Kumar: A Retrospective, New
York: Aicon Gallery, 23 November 18 December 2010
REMEMBERING GAITONDE
BY ELEONORE CHOWDHURYHABERL
I met Vasudev Gaitonde for the rst time in 1960. It
must have been on the occasion of an exhibition at
the Jehangir Art Gallery or maybe in the Taj Art Gallery
(closed now for many years). Since my husband Bill
Chowdhury (Bilwa Kanta Chowdhury) and I started
collecting Indian art in 1959, we were regular visitors
to the few galleries which existed then in Bombay, and
of course to the studios of the artists.
We met Gaitonde again in 1962 when he had a studio
at the Bhulabhai Desai Institute on Warden Road
next to Husain and Akbar Padamsee. Madhuri Desai,
the widow of the eminent Bombay lawyer Bhulabhai
Desai, had put a wing of her rambling old family
mansion at the disposal of artists. We immediately
fell in love with Gaitonde's work. He had just started
his non-objective phase and we were enthralled by
his monochromatic luminous dreamlike canvasses.
We bought our rst Gaitonde that year, a fascinating
abstract canvas, in shades of red, a work which
was deeply moving and conducive to meditation.
Gaitonde was a regular visitor to our home on Marine
Drive in those years. We invited friends, showed them
our latest acquisitions and had endless discussions
over matters of art. I remember Gaitonde as being
a very quiet, reticent person who liked to keep to
himself. When we once asked him about the meaning
of one his abstract paintings, he replied: I cannot talk
about my work. I just paint. And it is up to the viewer
to nd something in the painting.
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V S GAITONDE
(1924 2001)
Untitled
Signed and dated in Devnagari (lower left)
1953
Watercolour and pastel on paper
14.25 x 14.5 in (36 x 37 cm)
$ 80,000 - 100,000
Rs 52,00,000 - 65,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
EXHIBITED:
V. S. Gaitonde: Painting as Process, Painting as Life,
New York: The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum,
24 October 2014 - 11 February 2015; Venice: Peggy
Guggenheim Collection, 3 October 2015 - 10 January
2016
PUBLISHED:
Sandhini Poddar, V. S. Gaitonde: Painting as Process,
Painting as Life, New York: The Solomon
R Guggenheim Museum, 2014, p. 51 (illustrated)
Roshan Sahani and Narendra Dengle, Vasudeo Santu
Gaitonde: Sonata of Light, Mumbai: Bodhana Arts and
Research Foundation, 2016 (forthcoming, illustrated)
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AMRITA SHERGIL
(1913 1941)
Untitled
Charcoal on paper pasted on paper
21.5 x 17.25 in (54.7 x 44 cm)
$ 61,540 - 92,310
Rs 40,00,000 - 60,00,000
NON-EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from the artist's family, New Delhi
Private Collection, Maharashtra
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1932
Exhibits at Grand Salon, Paris, winning Gold Medal
Elected Associate of the Grand Salon, Paris
1933
Leaves the cole Nationale des Beaux-Arts and
starts a studio
1934
Returns to India, stays in Amritsar with family
1935
Moves back to Simla
Simla Fine Arts Society Fine Arts Prize (rejected)
Autographed photograph of Amrita Sher-Gil
Saronart Classical Indian Art Live Auction, 14 December 2015, lot 45
1936
Exhibits at the Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay
Exhibits in Hyderabad
1937
Gold Medal, 46th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art
Society
Exhibits at Allahabad University and at the Imperial
Hotel, New Delhi
Exhibits at the Falettis Hotel, Lahore
1938
Sails to Hungary from Bombay
Marries Dr. Victor Egan in Budapest
1939
Returns to India with her husband
1940
Bombay Art Society Award
1941
Moves to Lahore and settles there
56 December 1941
Sher-Gil dies following a brief illness
1976
Declared a National Art Treasure artist by the
Archaeological Survey of India, Government of
India
Lucien Simon with students of his atelier at the cole des Beaux-Arts: (in the centre, wearing a hat) Simon, (seated in the front row, third from the left) Amrita, 1931, Paris
Image courtesy the Estate of Amrita Sher-Gil
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AMRITA SHERGIL
(1913 1941)
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SANKHO CHAUDHURI
(1916 - 2006)
Untitled
Bronze
Height: 13 in (33.4 cm)
Width: 5.5 in (14.3 cm)
Depth: 0.25 in (1 cm)
$ 6,155 - 9,235
Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Sarjan Art Gallery
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HIMMAT SHAH
(b. 1933)
Head of a King
Signed and dated 'Himmat 2006' (lower left on the base)
2006
Bronze
Height: 28.75 in (73 cm)
Width: 6.5 in (16 cm)
Depth: 5.5 in (14 cm)
$ 10,000 - 15,000
Rs 6,50,000 - 9,75,000
Fifth from a limited edition of ve
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HIMMAT SHAH
(b. 1933)
Untitled
Signed 'Himmat' (lower left)
Acrylic on canvas
23 x 23.5 in (58.5 x 59.5 cm)
$ 10,000 - 15,000
Rs 6,50,000 - 9,75,000
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, UK
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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED
GENTLEMAN, THE NETHERLANDS
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BHUPEN KHAKHAR
(1934 2003)
Cruelty to Woman
Signed and dated in Gujarati and inscribed
'Cruelty to Woman' (lower right)
1996
Watercolour and ink on paper
16 x 12.25 in (40.5 x 31 cm)
$ 8,000 - 10,000
Rs 5,20,000 - 6,50,000
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BHUPEN KHAKHAR
Untitled
Mixed media on ceramic
Height: 18.5 in (46.9 cm)
Width: 18.5 in (46.9 cm)
Depth: 3 in (7.5 cm)
$ 6,000 - 8,000
Rs 3,90,000 - 5,20,000
(1934 2003)
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ARPITA SINGH
BHUPEN KHAKHAR
(1934 2003)
Untitled
Signed and dated in Gujarati (lower left)
1994
Watercolour on paper
11.5 x 15.5 in (29 x 39.4 cm)
$ 10,770 - 13,850
Rs 7,00,000 - 9,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
(b. 1937)
31 Days of December
Signed and dated 'ARPITA SINGH 98'
(lower left) and inscribed '31 Days of
December 1998' (upper right)
1998
Oil on canvas
48 x 24 in (121.9 x 61 cm)
$ 50,000 - 60,000
Rs 32,50,000 - 39,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Christie's, New York, 17 October 2001, lot 281
Saronart, 6 December 2006, lot 20
Christie's, New York, 23 March 2010, lot 53
Saronart, 18-19 January 2012, lot 25
EXHIBITED:
Harmony Show, Mumbai: Nehru Centre, 1999
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KRISHEN KHANNA
(b. 1925)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'K Khanna 83' (lower right)
1983
Dry pastel on paper
24.75 x 18.5 in (62.6 x 47.3 cm)
$ 9,235 - 12,310
Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
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KRISHEN KHANNA
(b. 1925)
Untitled
Signed 'K Khanna' (lower right)
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
36 x 30 in (91.4 x 76 cm)
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$ 15,385 - 23,080
Rs 10,00,000 - 15,00,000
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PROPERTY FROM AN EMINENT
EAST COAST COLLECTION
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K LAXMA GOUD
(b. 1940)
Untitled
Signed and dated in Telugu (lower centre)
1993
Ink on paper
7.25 x 18.5 in (18.4 x 47 cm)
$ 2,000 - 3,000
Rs 1,30,000 - 1,95,000
(Diptych)
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B PRABHA
(1933 2001)
Untitled (Fisherwoman)
Signed and dated in Devnagari (lower right)
1969
Oil on canvas
42 x 25.5 in (106.7 x 64.5 cm)
$ 15,000 - 20,000
Rs 9,75,000 - 13,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai in 1977
Private Collection, USA
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As a female artist who came from a small village
outside of Nagpur, Prabha was concerned with the
plight of rural and marginalised women, and spent
much of her career documenting them. Speaking of
the inuence of Sher-Gil on her work, Prabha said,
At that time, there were not too many women
painters (in India). I respected Amrita Sher-Gil a lot.
My ambition was to become a renowned painter (just
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B PRABHA
(1933 2001)
Untitled
Signed and dated in Devnagari (lower right)
1969
Oil on canvas
26 x 20 in (66.2 x 50.5 cm)
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K H ARA
(1914 1985)
$ 6,155 - 9,235
Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000
Untitled
Signed 'ARA' (lower right)
Watercolour, gouache and pastel on paper
28.75 x 21 in (73.2 x 53.3 cm)
PROVENANCE:
Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai
$ 9,235 - 12,310
Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000
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K G SUBRAMANYAN
(b. 1924)
a) Untitled
Initialled in Tamil (lower left)
Ink and marker on paper pasted on mountboard
11.25 x 8.25 in (28.6 x 20.9 cm)
b) Untitled
Initialled in Tamil (lower right)
Ink on paper pasted on mountboard
11.25 x 8.25 in (28.5 x 21 cm)
$ 1,540 - 3,080
Rs 1,00,000 - 2,00,000
(Set of two)
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K G SUBRAMANYAN
Untitled
Initialled in Tamil (lower left)
Oil on board
29.5 x 21.75 in (75 x 55 cm)
$ 10,000 - 15,000
Rs 6,50,000 - 9,75,000
(b. 1924)
EXHIBITED:
K G Subramanyan: A Retrospective, New Delhi: National
Gallery of Modern Art, 30 January - 16 March 2003
PUBLISHED:
R Siva Kumar ed., K G Subramanyan: A Retrospective,
New Delhi: National Gallery of Modern Art and Brijbasi,
2003, p. 149 (illustrated)
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JOGEN CHOWDHURY
(b. 1939)
Untitled
Dated '2000' and signed 'Jogen' (centre left);
initialled in Bengali (upper right) and inscribed in
Bengali (lower right)
2000
Pastel and ink on paper
10.75 x 14.75 in (27.4 x 37.6 cm)
$ 6,155 - 9,235
Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000
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JOGEN CHOWDHURY
(b. 1939)
a) Untitled
Watercolour, pen and ink on paper pasted on board
9 x 7.25 in (23 x 18.6 cm)
b) Untitled
Watercolour, pen and ink on paper pasted on board
9 x 7.25 in (22.9 x 18.7 cm)
$ 18,465 - 23,080
Rs 12,00,000 - 15,00,000
(Set of two)
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J SULTAN ALI
(1920 1990)
a) Untitled
Signed and dated 'Sultan Ali 1962'
and in Devnagari (lower left)
1962
Ink on paper
7 x 5 in (17.5 x 12.5 cm)
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MANJIT BAWA
(1941 2008)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Manjit Bawa 98' (lower right)
1998
Pen and ink on paper
14 x 20.75 in (35.4 x 52.4 cm)
c) Untitled
Signed and dated 'Sultan Ali 1962'
and in Devnagari (lower right)
1962
Ink on paper
7 x 5 in (17.5 x 12.5 cm)
$ 9,235 - 12,310
Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000
Manjit Bawas mastery of line is seen in this eortless
drawing where he pares down his subject to its
essence. In traditional Hindu iconography, Krishna is
depicted as playing the ute, surrounded by cattle.
Bawa often portrayed this theme in his unique
pictorial style. Krishna and the cows possess a uidity
of form. The muscles and legs of the cows, and the
owing lines that make up Krishnas limbs and dhoti,
are almost lyrical in composition.
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b) Untitled
Signed and dated 'Sultan Ali 1962'
and in Devnagari (upper left); signed
again in Gujarati (upper right)
1962
Ink on paper
7 x 5 in (17.5 x 12.5 cm)
d) Untitled
Signed and dated 'Sultan Ali 1963'
and in Devnagari (lower left)
1963
Ink on paper
5 x 7 in (12.5 x 17.5 cm)
$ 2,000 - 3,000
Rs 1,30,000 - 1,95,000
c
(Set of four)
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JERAM PATEL
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(1930 - 2016)
Untitled
Blowtorch and enamel paint on wood
24 x 23.75 in (60.8 x 60.4 cm)
$ 10,770 - 13,850
Rs 7,00,000 - 9,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Vadodara
Private Collection, New Delhi
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SAKTI BURMAN
(b. 1935)
Untitled
Signed 'Sakti Burman' (lower right)
Acrylic on canvas
45 x 34.25 in (114.1 x 87.1 cm)
$ 30,770 - 46,155
Rs 20,00,000 - 30,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist, Paris
Private Collection, New Delhi
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S H RAZA
(b. 1922)
Horizon
Signed and dated 'Raza 79' (centre left);
signed and dated again 'RAZA 79' (on
the reverse)
1979
Acrylic on canvas
39 x 39 in (99.1 x 99.1 cm)
$ 100,000 - 150,000
Rs 65,00,000 - 97,50,000
PROVENANCE:
Saronart, 10-12 March 2010, lot 44
PUBLISHED:
Ashok Vajpeyi ed., A Life in Art: S H
Raza, New Delhi: Art Alive Gallery, 2007,
pp. 214-215 (illustrated without artist's
reorientation and retitling)
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For me, the bindu has been a vast subject with its variations
throughout my life.
S H RAZA
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Lots 52-77
Closing Time:
Thursday, 9 June 2016
8.10 pm (IST)
10.40 am (US Eastern Time)
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85
52
53
88
89
54
91
56
55
55
56
a) Untitled
Signed 'Ajit' (lower left)
Watercolour and pastel on paper
12.25 x 27.75 in (31.5 x 70.5 cm)
Untitled
Signed 'Ajit Gupta' (lower left)
Watercolour and pastel on paper
14.25 x 20.5 in (36 x 52 cm)
b) Untitled
Signed 'Ajit' (lower right)
Watercolour and pastel on paper
19 x 23.75 in (48 x 61 cm)
$ 2,000 - 3,000
Rs 1,30,000 - 1,95,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
$ 3,000 - 5,000
Rs 1,95,000 - 3,25,000
(Set of two)
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
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BIREN DE
(1926 - 2011)
The Moment
Signed and dated 'Biren De 68' (lower left); inscribed
and dated 'THE MOMENT - AUGUST '68'/BIREN DE'
(on the reverse)
1968
Oil on canvas
45.25 x 45.25 in (115 x 115 cm)
$ 8,000 - 12,000
Rs 5,20,000 - 7,80,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist in the late 1960s
58
M F HUSAIN
(1913 - 2011)
Untitled
Signed and dated in Devnagari (upper left); inscribed
'Husain/B. ZEENAT MANZIL/L. JAMSHEDJI AD./
MAHIM/BOMBAY-16' (on the reverse)
1963
Oil on board
13.5 x 9.75 in (34.5 x 24.5 cm)
$ 15,000 - 20,000
Rs 9,75,000 - 13,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist in the late 1960s
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59
F N SOUZA
Head of Ganesh
Signed and dated 'Souza 66' (upper
left) and inscribed 'F.N. Souza / Head of
Ganesh' (on the reverse)
1966
Chemical alterations on paper
13 x 9.25 in (33 x 23.5 cm)
$ 2,000 - 3,000
Rs 1,30,000 - 1,95,000
98
(1924 2002)
60
F N SOUZA
PROVENANCE:
Gifted by the artist
Thence by descent
Private Collection, USA
Private Collection, UK
(1924 2002)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Souza 88' (upper left)
1988
Oil on cardboard
29.25 x 22 in (74 x 56 cm)
$ 8,000 - 10,000
Rs 5,20,000 - 6,50,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired by the present owner from
Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, in the 1980s
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100
101
61
F N SOUZA
(1924 2002)
102
EXHIBITED:
Modern Indian Paintings, London: Grosvenor Gallery, 17-25 February 2005
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PRABHAKAR BARWE
(1936 1995)
63
Showcase Objects
Signed and dated in Devnagari (lower right);
inscribed and dated again ''SHOWCASE
OBJECTS'/1995/BARWE' (lower left)
1995
Mixed media on paper
13 x 19.5 in (32.8 x 49.5 cm)
$ 6,155 - 9,235
Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000
$ 38,465 - 53,850
Rs 25,00,000 - 35,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Gallery Espace, New Delhi
PROVENANCE:
Saronart, 28-29 March 2012, lot 15
EXHIBITED:
Manifestations 5: 20th Century Indian Art, New Delhi:
Delhi Art Gallery, 18 April - 18 June 2011
PUBLISHED:
Kishore Singh ed., Manifestations 5: 20th Century Indian Art,
New Delhi: Delhi Art Gallery, 2011, pp. 27-28 (illustrated)
63
Prabhakar Barwes art is restrained and meditative.
Symbols often appear to oat in space, removed from
their original context and taking on new meanings.
While a student at the J J School of Arts in the 1950s,
his art was more realistic and gradually transitioned
to abstraction. In the 1970s, Barwes thematic and
stylistic concerns altered drastically. Newly interested
in space as a metaphysical concept, he began striving
for a purity of form and colour. The uid relationship
between an object, an idea, and its translation into
an image became a meta-level concern. The works
begin to take on a gentle lyricism. (Amrita Jhaveri, A
Guide to 101 Modern & Contemporary Indian Artists,
Mumbai: India Book House Pvt. Ltd., 2005, pp. 14-15)
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BADRI NARAYAN
106
(1929 2013)
M F HUSAIN
(1913 2011)
Still Life
Inscribed and dated ''Still-Life'/by Badri Narayan/23rd
August 1994' (on the reverse)
1994
Watercolour, pen and ink on handmade paper
13 x 15.5 in (32.8 x 39.4 cm)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Husain 1966' and signed again in
Devnagari (upper left)
1966
Oil on canvas
38.5 x 29.5 in (98 x 75 cm)
$ 4,620 - 7,695
Rs 3,00,000 - 5,00,000
$ 35,000 - 45,000
Rs 22,75,000 - 29,25,000
PROVENANCE:
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1996
Helga Scaper Collection, Bangalore
Private Collection, New Delhi
PROVENANCE:
Collection of the late Harold Leventhal (1919-2005)
Thence by descent
Private Collection, Florida
Christie's, New York, 20 March 2008, lot 111
Saronart, 18-19 January 2012, lot 4
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The present lot was originally part of the private
collection of Harold Leventhal. Leventhals
relationship with art and India was notable for his
friendships with artists including Maqbool Fida
Husain and Satish Gujral. He helped to coordinate
a number of ground-breaking exhibitions on India
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M F HUSAIN
(1913 2011)
Untitled
Signed 'Husain' (upper right)
Oil on canvas
23.75 x 47.75 in (60.4 x 121.4 cm)
$ 123,080 - 153,850
Rs 80,00,000 - 1,00,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Collection of Mrs. Contractor, a close friend of
the artist, Mumbai
Private Collection, Pune
Private Collection, New Delhi
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S H RAZA
(b. 1922)
Bindu
Signed and dated 'RAZA 90' (lower centre); signed and dated again 'RAZA 1990',
inscribed 'BINDU' and inscribed again in Devnagari (on the reverse)
1990
Acrylic on canvas
39.25 x 39.25 in (100 x 100 cm)
$ 123,080 - 153,850
Rs 80,00,000 - 1,00,00,000
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RAM KUMAR
(b. 1924)
Untitled
Oil on canvas
45 x 72 in (114.3 x 182.9 cm)
$ 107,695 - 138,465
Rs 70,00,000 - 90,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, 1979
Private Collection, Mumbai
Private Collection, Delhi
EXHIBITED:
Masterpieces of Indian Modern Art, New
York: DAG Modern, 8 March 4 June 2016
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F N SOUZA
(1924 2002)
70
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Souza 86' (centre left)
1986
Acrylic on canvas
52 x 32 in (132 x 81.3 cm)
F N SOUZA
(1924 2002)
a) Untitled
Signed and dated 'Souza 1985' (upper left)
1985
Ink on paper
29.25 x 21.75 in (74.5 x 55 cm)
$ 30,000 - 35,000
Rs 19,50,000 - 22,75,000
b) Untitled
Signed and dated 'Souza 1985' (upper right)
1985
Ink on paper
29.5 x 22 in (75 x 55 cm)
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, London, 14 July 2005, lot 61
Private Collection, UK
$ 10,000 - 15,000
Rs 6,50,000 - 9,75,000
(Set of two)
PROVENANCE:
Acquired by the present owner from Dhoomimal Gallery,
New Delhi, in the 1980s
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e) Untitled
Inscribed and dated 'ZurichNew York /31.V.88' (lower right)
1988
Pen and pencil on paper
6 x 4.25 in (15.5 x 10.5 cm)
f) Untitled
Inscribed and dated 'New
York/8 june '88' (lower left)
1988
Pencil on paper
6 x 4.25 in (15.5 x 10.5 cm)
71
M F HUSAIN
(1913 2011)
a) Untitled
Inscribed and dated 'ZurichNew York /31.V.88' (lower right)
1988
Pencil on paper
6 x 4.25 in (15.5 x 10.5 cm)
e
b) Untitled
Inscribed and dated 'ZurichNew York /31.V.88' (lower right)
1988
Pencil on paper
6 x 4.25 in (15.5 x 10.5 cm)
c) Untitled
Inscribed and dated 'ZurichNew York /31.V.88' (lower right)
1988
Pencil on paper
6 x 4.25 in (15.5 x 10.5 cm)
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d) Untitled
Inscribed and dated 'ZurichNew York /31.V.88' (lower right)
1988
Pencil on paper
6 x 4.25 in (15.5 x 10.5 cm)
g) Untitled
Inscribed and dated 'New
York/13 june 88' (lower left)
1988
Pencil on paper
6 x 4.25 in (15.5 x 10.5 cm)
h) Untitled
Inscribed and dated 13 june
88/'New York' (lower right)
1988
Pencil on paper
6 x 4.25 in (15.5 x 10.5 cm)
i) Untitled
Inscribed and dated '21 june 88/
New York' (upper right)
1988
Pencil on paper
6 x 4.25 in (15.5 x 10.5 cm)
j) Untitled
Inscribed and dated '21 june '88
/New York' (upper left)
1988
Pencil on paper
6 x 4.25 in (15.5 x 10.5 cm)
$ 12,310 - 15,385
Rs 8,00,000 - 10,00,000
(Set of ten)
PROVENANCE:
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
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MANJIT BAWA
(1941 2008)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Manjit Bawa 99' (lower right)
1999
Pen and ink on paper
21 x 14.5 in (53.3 x 36.8 cm)
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GANESH PYNE
(1937 2013)
$ 7,695 - 10,770
Rs 5,00,000 - 7,00,000
Untitled
Signed and dated in Bengali (lower right)
1999
Mixed media on board
12.5 x 9.75 in (31.9 x 24.8 cm)
PROVENANCE:
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
$ 12,310 - 15,385
Rs 8,00,000 - 10,00,000
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SANKHO CHAUDHURI
Untitled
Wood
Height: 16.5 in (41.9 cm)
Width: 4.5 in (11.4 cm)
Depth: 3.5 in (8.8 cm)
(1916 - 2006)
There are so many dierent kinds of lines, the crack on the wall,
the crack on an old pot but in reality, there is no line in nature.
HIMMAT SHAH
$ 10,770 - 13,850
Rs 7,00,000 - 9,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, New Delhi
75
HIMMAT SHAH
(b. 1933)
Untitled
Terracotta with gold leaf
Height: 18 in (45.8 cm)
Width: 7.25 in (18.5 cm)
Depth: 9 in (23.4 cm)
$ 23,080 - 30,770
Rs 15,00,000 - 20,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai
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G RAVINDER REDDY
MRINALINI MUKHERJEE
(b. 1956)
Untitled
Signed 'G. Ravinder Reddy' (on the reverse)
Polychrome bronze and gold leaf applied by hand,
on a steel base
Height: 17.75 in (44.8 cm)
Width: 8.75 in (22.5 cm)
Depth: 13.75 in (35.2 cm)
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(1949 2015)
$ 10,770 - 13,850
Rs 7,00,000 - 9,00,000
$ 18,465 - 23,080
Rs 12,00,000 - 15,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Christie's, New York, 30 March 2006, lot 104
PUBLISHED:
Peter Nagy, Mrinalini Mukherjee: new bronzes, New
Delhi: Nature Morte, 2004, p. 25 (illustrated)
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Lots 78-109
Closing Time:
Thursday, 9 June 2016
8.30 pm (IST)
11 am (US Eastern Time)
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M F HUSAIN
(1913 2011)
Untitled
Signed 'Husain' (upper right)
Oil and acrylic on canvas
23 x 16.75 in (58.5 x 42.5 cm)
$ 38,465 - 53,850
Rs 25,00,000 - 35,00,000
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M F HUSAIN
(1913 2011)
Untitled
Signed 'Husain' (lower right)
Circa 1980s
Watercolour and marker on paper
14.5 x 21.5 in (36.8 x 54.4 cm)
$ 18,465 - 23,080
Rs 12,00,000 - 15,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Mumbai
80
M F HUSAIN
(1913 2011)
Untitled
Signed 'Husain' (lower right); signed again 'Husain' (on the reverse)
Circa 2000s
Watercolour and ink on paper
18.5 x 13.75 in (47.2 x 34.9 cm)
$ 18,465 - 23,080
Rs 12,00,000 - 15,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Mumbai
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F N SOUZA
(1924 2002)
Landscape
Signed and dated 'Souza 87' (upper right); inscribed
'F.N.Souza/Landscape' (on the reverse)
1987
Oil on canvas
15.25 x 47.25 in (38.6 x 120.3 cm)
$ 61,540 - 92,310
Rs 40,00,000 - 60,00,000
Red Trees, Black Skies, an article by F N Souza in The Times of India on 4 June 1989. He singled out the present lot
to represent his landscape paintings and to illustrate how he and other members of the Progressive Artists Group
formed their own unique language for landscape painting in India.
130
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, New Delhi
82
N S BENDRE
(1910 1992)
83
(b. 1940)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Anjolie Ela Menon 85' (upper left)
1985
Oil on masonite board
24.75 x 21.25 in (62.7 x 54.2 cm)
$ 30,770 - 46,155
Rs 20,00,000 - 30,00,000
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K G SUBRAMANYAN
(b. 1924)
a) Beast Goddess
Initialled in Tamil (lower left)
Gouache on board
14.5 x 14.5 in (36.8 x 36.8 cm)
85
B PRABHA
(1933 2001)
Untitled
Signed and dated in Devnagari (lower left)
1983
Oil on canvas
30.25 x 25 in (76.8 x 63.6 cm)
b
$ 18,465 - 23,080
Rs 12,00,000 - 15,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi
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T VAIKUNTAM
(b. 1942)
Untitled
Signed and dated in Telugu (lower left)
2009
Acrylic on canvas
35.75 x 59.75 in (90.9 x 151.5 cm)
$ 30,770 - 46,155
Rs 20,00,000 - 30,00,000
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T VAIKUNTAM
(b. 1942)
Untitled
Signed in Telugu (upper left of left ap and
lower right of the reverse)
Oil paintings on all sides, front aps and on
inside aps.
Height: 11.75 in (30 cm)
Width: 18 in (46 cm)
Depth: 12 in (30.5 cm)
$ 15,000 - 20,000
Rs 9,75,000 - 13,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, UK
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K LAXMA GOUD
(b. 1940)
a) Untitled
Signed and dated in Telugu (lower right)
1993
Gouache on paper
13.5 x 9.5 in (34 x 24 cm)
b) Untitled
Signed and dated in Telugu (lower right)
1983
Gouache on paper
13.5 x 9.5 in (34 x 24 cm)
$ 6,000 - 8,000
Rs 3,90,000 - 5,20,000
b
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(Set of two)
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K LAXMA GOUD
(b. 1940)
Untitled
Watercolour on paper
14 x 10.5 in (35.7 x 26.6 cm)
$ 6,155 - 9,235
Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, New Delhi
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90
MANU PAREKH
(b. 1939)
Evening at Banaras
Signed and dated 'Manu Parekh '07' (lower left of the left panel);
signed 'Manu Parekh' (on the reverse of both panels)
2007
Acrylic and charcoal on board
48 x 144 in (122 x 365.8 cm)
$ 38,465 - 53,850
Rs 25,00,000 - 35,00,000
(Diptych)
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EXHIBITED:
Manu Parekh: Banaras - Eternity watches
Time, Mumbai: Jehangir Art Gallery,
26 February - 4 March 2007
PUBLISHED:
Tanuj Berry, Manu Parekh: Banaras Eternity watches Time, Ahmedabad: Mapin
Publishing Pvt. Ltd., and Hampshire: Lund
Humphries, 2007, pp. 64, 66-79 (illustrated)
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SOHAN QADRI
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(1932 2011)
(1929 1997)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Qadri 04' (lower right)
2004
Ink and dye on paper
39 x 27 in (99.1 x 68.6 cm)
Untitled
Signed in Devnagari and dated '72' (lower left)
1972
Oil on canvas board
17.5 x 13.5 in (44.4 x 34 cm)
$ 5,000 - 7,000
Rs 3,25,000 - 4,55,000
$ 3,000 - 5,000
Rs 1,95,000 - 3,25,000
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Delaware
PROVENANCE:
Galerie Schreiner, Basel
Private Collection, Pennsylvania
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PARAMJIT SINGH
(b. 1935)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Paramjit Singh 06' (lower left); signed and
dated again 'Paramjit Singh 2006' (on the reverse)
2006
Oil on canvas
48 x 66 in (122 x 167.6 cm)
$ 10,000 - 15,000
Rs 6,50,000 - 9,75,000
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, UK
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PARITOSH SEN
(1918 - 2008)
PROVENANCE:
Saronart, 10-12 May 2005, lot 14
Private Collection, UK
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JAGANNATH PANDA
(b. 1970)
Feral Move
Signed and dated 'Jagannath Panda 04' (lower right);
signed and dated again 'Jagannath Panda 04' and inscribed
'JAGANNATH PANDA 04' (on the reverse)
2004
Acrylic on canvas
58.5 x 70.25 in (148.5 x 178.3 cm)
$ 15,385 - 23,080
Rs 10,00,000 - 15,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Saronart, 16-17 June 2010, lot 64
PUBLISHED:
Peter Nagy and Deeksha Nath eds., Jagannath Panda, New Delhi:
Nature Morte, 2005 (illustrated, unpaginated)
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GIGI SCARIA
(b. 1973)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'GIGI SCARIA '08' (lower right)
2008
Acrylic on paper
74.25 x 57.5 in (188.3 x 145.8 cm)
$ 9,235 - 12,310
Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Saronart, 11-12 March 2009, lot 16
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JAGANNATH PANDA
(b. 1970)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Jagannath Panda 12'
(lower right); signed and dated again
'Jagannath Panda 11' and inscribed
'JAGANNATH PANDA 2011' (on the
reverse)
2011-12
Acrylic, fabric and glue on canvas
54.25 x 120 in (137.7 x 305 cm)
$ 30,770 - 46,155
Rs 20,00,000 - 30,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Saronart, 19-20 September 2012, lot 49
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SUBODH GUPTA
(b. 1964)
Untitled
2009
Stainless steel
Height: 47 in (119.4 cm)
Width: 42 in (106.7 cm)
Depth: 17.5 in (44.4 cm)
$ 150,000 - 200,000
Rs 97,50,000 - 1,30,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Hauser & Wirth, London
Saronart, 25-26 March 2013, lot 40
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SUBODH GUPTA
(b. 1964)
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GIEVE PATEL
(b. 1940)
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101
CHINTAN UPADHYAY
(b. 1972)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Chintan 2003' (on the reverse)
2003
Oil on canvas
48 x 36 in (122 x 91.4 cm)
$ 6,000 - 8,000
Rs 3,90,000 - 5,20,000
EXHIBITED:
Portraits of a Decade, Kolkata: Centre for International
Modern Art, 2003; Mumbai: Jehangir Art Gallery, 2004
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DHANANJAY SINGH
(b. 1977)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Dhananjay 015' (on the base)
2015
Brass and stainless steel wire
Height: 35.75 in (91 cm)
Width: 15.75 in (40.1 cm)
Depth: 15.25 in (38.8 cm)
$ 7,695 - 10,770
Rs 5,00,000 - 7,00,000
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104
SUHASINI KEJRIWAL
(b. 1973)
Untitled
Signed 'Suhasini Kejriwal' (on the reverse)
Acrylic on canvas
19.5 x 29.25 in (49.6 x 74.6 cm)
$ 4,620 - 7,695
Rs 3,00,000 - 5,00,000
EXHIBITED:
Ping Pong, New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia, The Centre for
European and Latin American Studies, and The Embassy of
Columbia in India, 6-20 November 2013
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RINA BANERJEE
(b. 1963)
PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, India
Private Collection, Denmark
EXHIBITED:
Finding India: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Taipei: Museum of
Contemporary Art, 22 October - 12 December 2010
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A BALASUBRAMANIAM
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(b. 1971)
G.C.A.C
Signed 'A Balasubramaniam', inscribed 'G.C.A.C.' (centre)
and dated '97' (lower centre)
1997
Serigraphy and collage on paper pasted on board
30 x 22 in (76.3 x 56 cm)
107
$ 6,155 - 9,235
Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000
$ 9,235 - 12,310
Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000
BOSE KRISHNAMACHARI
(b. 1963)
Untitled
Oil on canvas
53.75 x 53.75 in (136.5 x 136.5 cm)
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BAIJU PARTHAN
(b. 1956)
Spill
Signed and dated 'Baiju Parthan 2010' (lower left); signed and dated
again 'Baiju Parthan 2010' and inscribed ''SPILL' (SOFT GRAFFITI)' (on
the reverse)
2010
Acrylic and gel on canvas
71.75 x 71.75 in (182 x 182 cm)
$ 12,310 - 15,385
Rs 8,00,000 - 10,00,000
EXHIBITED:
Dislocation: Milljunction Part 2, London: Aicon Gallery, 15 July - 13 August
2011
One of the rst Indian artists to embrace the digital media and the topographies
of cyberspace, Parthan combines his painterly commitment with an equally strong
interest in science and technology: the brush and palette knife serve him as well as
programming code and source feed from television channels or the Net do. He is
also academically trained in the discipline of comparative mythology, which informs
his art both consciously and at a subliminal level. (Ranjit Hoskote, Passwords, Baiju
Parthan: A Users Manual, Mumbai: Afterimage Publishing, 2006, pp. 15, 17)
The present lot, Spill, was part of Dislocation (Milljunction Part 2), a 2011 exhibition at
Aicon Gallery in London. Parthans work is a lament on the rapidly changing realities
of urban space. The urban land in question is Mumbai, once associated with textile
mills and one-room chawls. Now a landscape of high rise towers, the city oers little
refuge to the mill workers who once contributed to its developing modernity.
Parthan depicts this juxtaposition of the old with the new in Spill. Two identical
taxis mirror each other against the backdrop of a receding factory, while a military
helicopter hovers above. Contrasting washes of sepia and blue, the former suggesting
a bygone era, separate the past from the present. As the blue engulfs the space and
threatens to diminish the sepia-toned past, Parthan drives his point home further.
The old at taxis which are being phased out, the chawl building where workers
used to live, and also the man on the street, mostly the labourer as a vestige of the
Mill presence. How the familiar is erased all the time to make way for the new. (Baiju
Parthan, Dislocation: Milljunction Part 2, London: Aicon Gallery, 2011, online)
Interspersed on the surface of this composition are numerical computer codes, a
recurring motif in Parthans works. These dripping symbols of cyberspace further
illustrate how virtual reality and technology have overwhelmed our physical space.
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Bidders are advised to register at least 24 hours in advance
of the sale. Bidders may choose to register online or send
in their details to Saronart and we will process the details
for you. Saronart requires the following details from a
rst time bidder to register and process an approval to bid:
i. Name
ii. Address
iii. Telephone Number
iv. Email Address
v. Know Your Customer (KYC) documents
vi. Credit card information/nancial references/
deposits
In some cases, Saronart may request for a bidding limit
value which is a per lot limit based on your current bid
value.
If you have bid or been approved to bid with us before,
please use your Saronart login and password to accept
the Conditions for Sale online. Please note the invoicing
details provided at the time of registration cannot be
changed after the sale.
How do I Bid?
i.
Bidding Online: Once you have identied the lot
that you would like to bid on, click on "Bid Now"
and enter either the bid amount for regular bidding,
or a maximum price for proxy/automatic bidding.
Regular bidding is the method by which you actively
participate in the bidding process by entering the
next valid bid (or one of a higher value) each time
you are outbid. Your screen will display the next
(minimum) valid bid, based on a predetermined
increment. You may enter a bid at that exact value
only. You may also view the entire bid history prior
to making your decision. After you enter your bid, it
is advisable to view the bid history to verify that your
bid has been recorded. Please note that bidders may
be contacted during the auction for bid verication
ii.
iii.
iv.
iii.
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3.3 All Lots shall be sold subject to the Reserve Price. If the
winning bid is below the Reserve Price, the Lot shall
be considered unsold. The Reserve Price on each Lot
shall be condential and We shall have no obligation to
disclose the same to any bidder. Lots sold in "Absolute
Auctions" or marked as sold with "No Reserve" are
not subject to a Reserve Price and will be sold to the
highest bidder, irrespective of the bid amount.
3.4 We have the sole and absolute discretion to: (i)
determine the form and content of the descriptions
of Lots in the Auction Catalogue, (ii) granting
bidding access to a bidder, (iii) recording, rejecting
or accepting bids, and (iv) deciding which bid
constitutes the winning bid, if any.
3.5 Online bidding access, and access to the MobileApp
and the telephone bidding facility, shall be given at
Our discretion and We may set limits on the number
of bids that may be made by a bidder and/or require
payment guarantees or deposits as a precondition
to giving bidding access to a bidder. Bidders will be
informed of their bidding limits, if any, and will not
be allowed to bid further if their bidding limit has
been exhausted.
3.6 Bid updates and time extensions, if any, shall be
updated on the Website. On the Website, bidders
may refresh bidding values by clicking on the
"Refresh" icon or the re-load/refresh buttons on
their browsers, to view latest bid updates and time
extensions, if any. We shall evaluate the bid histories
of specic Lot groups periodically to preserve the
ecacy of the auction process. This exercise may be
conducted by Us internally or through third parties
solely at Our discretion.
3.7 All bidders are required to provide complete and
accurate invoicing details to Us at the time of
registration for the auction and invoicing details
once registered will not be changed. The bidder
shall be invoiced based on details provided at the
time of registering for the auction. New bidders are
advised to register at least 48 hours prior to the bid.
Know-Your-Customer (KYC) documents and/or
nancial reference letters are required for individual
and corporate clients and we will not grant bidding
access if the bidder registration and KYC procedures
are not complete.
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4. Bidding
4.1 For the convenience of bidders, in particular bidders
who are placing bids on more than one Lot, Lot
groups are scheduled to close at dierent times
during the auction.
4.2 The bidding for various Lot groups shall be closed in
accordance with the bid closing schedule. However,
a bid can be recorded by Us in the 2 minutes prior to
the closing time of the Lot. The closing time for such
Lot shall be extended to a time that is 2 minutes after
the time that the last bid was made. In the event of
extension of closing time in accordance with this
paragraph, bidding on the Lot shall only end if no
bid is recorded by Us for a continuous period of 2
minutes. Bidders are advised to click on the "Refresh"
icon on the Website page being viewed by them
or on the "Refresh" button in the browser at regular
intervals (in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph 4.4 below) for updates on latest bids and
time extensions, if any.
4.3 The Website shall also contain a "My Auction"
ltered view of the Auction Catalogue and the
bidder may click on this link to access information
on all bids made by the bidder in respect of various
Lots. For ease of tracking bids, bidders are advised
to assign bidding nicknames to themselves. The
Website shall contain the bid history for each Lot,
being the bid amounts that have been recorded
since the start of the auction till the current highest
bid; and a countdown clock indicating the amount
of time available for placing bids before the closing
time.
4.4 The bid history, current bid and countdown clock
shall be accurate at the time of downloading of
those values. However, such information shall not
reect any changes in the bid history, current bid
and/or countdown clock that may have occurred
during the time taken for this information to reach
the bidder's computer from Our server. The most
updated bid values shall be shown only when the
information on bid values is refreshed, which shall
happen either automatically, or when a bidder clicks
on the "Refresh" icon on the Website page, or on
the "Refresh" or "Reload" button on his/her internet
browser. After the values on the page have been
refreshed, any changes in the bid history shall not
5.3
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GLOSSARY
1. Aliates: Saron Art Private Limited, Planet Saron
Inc., Planet Saron Management Co. LLC, and their
holding or subsidiary companies as on the date of
the online auction.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
11. Severability
If any part of these conditions for sale is found by any
court of law to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that
part may be discounted and the rest of the conditions
shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permissible by
law.
9. Copyright
All content of Our Auction Catalogue, the print
catalogue, eCatalogue and content on the Website and
the MobileApp are copyright protected in favour of
"Saronart". All trademarks, names, brand names, etc. used
in the print Auction Catalogue and on the Website
and the MobileApp are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of Saronart, or of their respective owners.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. No
image, illustration or written material may be used or
required without Our prior written permission. We and
the seller(s) make no representation or warranty that
the winning bidder of a Lot will acquire any copyright or
other reproduction rights in it.
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BID ON THE GO
SAFFRONART MOBILEAPP
Lot No.
Artist/Description
Name:
Email:
Address:
City:
Pin/Post Code:
Tel (mobile):
Tel (oce/home):
Country:
Sa ronart username:
Signature
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BIDDING INCREMENTS
Bidding begins below the lower estimate, and increases in steps, or increments. The next valid bid is based on the increments listed below.
If bidders enter a proxy bid online, the next bid is placed at the minimum incremental value.
CLOSING SCHEDULE
Auction Closing
Below $5001
$100,001 $500,000
By $100 up to $1,000
By $10,000 up to $150,000
By $150 up to $2,500
By $15,000 up to $200,000
By $250 up to $5,000
By $20,000 up to $250,000
By $25,000 up to $500,000
$5,001 $10,000
By $500 up to $7,5000
By $750 up to $10,000
$500,001 $1,000,000
By $50,000 up to $750,000
By $75,000 up to $1,000,000
For your convenience, especially if you are bidding on multiple lots, groups of lots are scheduled to close at dierent times
on June 9, 2016.
Pre-determined groups of lots will close according to the bid-closing schedule below unless a bid is recorded within a span
of 2 minutes prior to the lot's scheduled closing time. In this case, the countdown clock for that lot will be reset to 2 minutes
and the lot closing time will be extended accordingly. Bidding on any lot will only end if there is no bid recorded for a span
of 2 minutes.
Lots have been allotted into groups, and the closing schedule for the various groups is as follows:
$10,001 $50,000
By $1,000 up to $15,000
$1,000,001 $5,000,000
By $1,500 up to $25,000
By $100,000 up to $2,000,000
By $2,500 up to $50,000
By $150,000 up to $3,000,000
Groups
Lot Number Closing Time Closing Time Closing Time Closing Time Closing Time Closing Time
(India)
(US Eastern) (US Pacic)
(UK)
(Japan)
(Hong Kong)
By $200,000 up to $4,000,000
$50,001 $100,000
By $250,000 up to $5,000,000
By $5,000 up to $75,000
1-24
07:30 PM
10:00 AM
07:00 AM
03:00 PM
11:00 PM
10:00 PM
25-51
07:50 PM
10:20 AM
07:20 AM
03:20 PM
11:20 PM
10:20 PM
52-77
08:10 PM
10:40 AM
07:40 AM
03:40 PM
11:40 PM
10:40 PM
78-109
08:30 PM
11:00 AM
08:00 AM
04:00 PM
12:00 AM
11:00 PM
By $7,500 up to $100,000
INR increments are subject to change depending on the exchange rate for the auction.
1.
I agree and consent to paying the Buyer's Premium calculated at the rate of 20% of the winning bid value on each lot
up to and including USD 1,000,000; 15% of the winning bid value in excess of USD 1,000,000 up to and including USD
1,600,000; and 12% of the Winning Bid in excess of USD 1,600,000. All applicable duties and taxes, and shipping and
handling charges shall be borne by me.
2.
I understand that if Saronart receives identical absentee/proxy Bids, and if these Bids are the highest for the Lot,
Saronart will sell the Lot to the Bidder whose Bid it received and accepted rst.
3.
I understand that absentee/proxy Bids submitted on no reserve lots will be executed at a minimum of 10% of the
lower estimate (the "Minimum Value"), if there is no competing Bid, and the absentee/proxy Bid amount is greater than
the Minimum Value.
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Lot 13 (Detail)
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COMING SOON
EVENING SALE
AKBAR PADAMSEE, Greek Landscape, 1960, Oil and plastic emulsion on canvas, 52 x 144 in
Estimate on request
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