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Indian ,Maestros' Paintings To Go Under The Hammer Next MonthBy siddharth22, Section Events
Eighty-nine paintings of contemporary Indian artists, including works by maestros like Tyeb Mehta, M F Husain and Amrita Shergil, will go under the hammer next month in Kolkata.
The works of Who's Who of the Indian art scene will be up for grabs at the first auction organised by Emami Chisel Art Auction House, a joint venture of Emami Group and Chisel Crafts, in the eastern metropolis on February 23. Out of the 89 works by 70 artists, Tyeb Mehta's 'Kali-III' has the highest reserve price of Rs 2.5 crore and the auctioners hope to fetch a handsome Rs four-five crore for this oil painting. S H Raza's 'Landscape' will cost at least Rs 50 lakh while Amrita Shergil's two untitled charcoal paintings on feminity is up for grabs at Rs eight lakh each. Organisers hope to sell Raza's work at Rs one crore or more while the estimates for Shergil's paintings are pegged at Rs 12-26 lakh each. The bidding for these and other paintings by a number of Indian greats like F N Souza, M F Husain, Bhupen Khakkar, J Swaminathan, Manjit Bawa and Satish Gujral can be done both online as well as from the floor on the day of auction. The online bidding begins on February 16 on One of the the high points of the auction is 'Safdar Hashmi' by M F Husain which was the first painting of an Indian artist to cross the Rs ten lakh mark in 1987. The bidding for this painting, a reaction to the assassination of cultural actvist Safdar Hashmi, starts at Rs 1.25 crore and auctioneers expect that the work would fetch Rs 2-2.5 crore. Souza's early year's painting 'Manor House' will cost at least Rs one crore while the bidding for 1882-born Nandalal Bose's 'Shantiniketan' starts at Rs four lakh.
The other artists include K G Subrahmanian, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Ram Kumar, Rameshwar Broota and Ganesh Pyne.
The first time entrants in the auction list are Samindranath Majumdhar, Sekar Roy, Chattrapat Dutta, P R Narvekar, Sk. Shahajahan, Amitava Dhar, Sunil De and Ganesh Chandra Basu. Out of the 70 artists whose works are to be auctioned, 11 are no more. There are two artists in the auction list who were born in 19th century Nandlal Bose (1882) and Deviprasad Chaudhury (1899). The youngest in the lot is 1975-born Farhad Husain. There are seven artists including Farhad Husain who were born after 1970 whose works are for auction. The art aficionados in Delhi will get a sneak preview of the collection on February two at Hotel Taj Mansingh "This is the first of the three auctions we are conducting this year. We have outsourced works from collectors who are based in different parts of the country. Through online bidding, the sale is targeted to embrace bidders from within the country and abroad," Bachawat said.
Bachawat said they hope to cough up about Rs 20 crore from the auction. "In September, we are conducting another auction of modern art and in December an unique auction of sculptures and collector's items like artist's sketch book and other interesting items," he added.
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