Maqbool Fida Husain’s Untitled (Gram Yatra) (1954) sold for $13.75 million at Christie’s South Asian modern and contemporary auction in New York on March 19th. The sale marks the most expensive work of modern Indian art ever auctioned, and far exceeded its its $2.5 million–$3 million estimate. (All figures include fees).The sale totaled $24.86 million, more than double its $11.7 million high estimate, and underscores the increasing levels of demand for 20th century Indian art in recent years, highlighted by a number of significant auction results. the Christie’s event also comes just days after nine artists broke auction records at…
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To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines HISTORIC MODERN IDIAN ART SALE. M.F. Husain’s 1954 painting Untitled (Gram Yatra) became the most expensive work of modern Indian art ever publicly auctioned, when it sold yesterday for $13.8 million at Christie’s in New York, reports Karen K. Ho for ARTnews. That price, which includes fees, shattered the estimate of $2.5 million to $3.5 million, and was over four times the artist’s previous record of $3.1 million. The South Asian modern and contemporary art category continues to gather momentum, despite a fragmented market. The painting is made…
01:30 AM – Wide awake on my bed, thinking about the always dicey unload operations when we arrive at the Metropolitan Pavilion in NYC later in the morning.04:00 AM – Out of bed, teeth brushed, coffee made and awaiting for Steve Wanna to arrive.04:20 AM – Steve Wanna arrives, we load his artwork into my van – somehow it fits.04:35 AM – We depart and head north on I-95 to NYC.06:30 AM – Speed camera flashes somewhere in Delaware.07:45 AM – We’re within 14 miles of the Holland Tunnel – about 90 minutes later we enter NYC.09:15AM – We arrive…
