• Auction 2686

    South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art

    20 March 2013, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 8,574,875 (USD)
98 Lots for Sale 2686
Lot 1
ZARINA (B. 1937)
Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night (Home is a Foreign Place)
woodcut with Urdu text printed in black on kozo paper and mounted on Somerset paper

7¾ x 5¾ in. (19.7 x 14.6 cm.) image; 16 x 13 in. (40.6 x 33 cm.) sheet each
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$15,000
Lot 2
BHARTI KHER (B. 1969)
Untitled
bindis on paper

23 x 23 in. (58.4 x 58.4 cm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$32,500
Lot 3
TAYEBA BEGUM LIPI (B. 1969)
My Daughter's Cot II
stainless steel razor blades

40 x 28 x 48 in. (101.6 x 71.1 x 122 cm.)
estimate
$18,000 - $25,000

price realized
$22,500
Lot 4
RAVINDER REDDY (B. 1956)
Untitled
painted and gilded polyester, resin and fiberglass

17¾ x 14¼ x 15 in. (45.1 x 36.2 x 38.1 cm.)
estimate
$60,000 - $80,000

price realized
$75,000
Lot 5
SUBODH GUPTA (B. 1964)
Vehicle for Seven Seas II
cast aluminum and bronze

34 5/8 x 25 x 32½ in. (88 x 63.5 x 82.6 cm.)
estimate
$100,000 - $150,000

price realized
$99,750
Lot 6
SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)
Untitled
oil on wood panel

19 5/8 x 19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (50 x 50 x 50 cm.)
estimate
$60,000 - $80,000

price realized
$87,500
Lot 7
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Untitled (Two Heads)
oil on canvas

18½ x 27¾ in. (47 x 70.5 cm.)
estimate
$70,000 - $90,000

price realized
$75,000
Lot 8
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Untitled (Doll's Wedding)
oil on canvas

22 7/8 x 55½ in. (58.1 x 141 cm.)
estimate
$300,000 - $500,000

price realized
$363,750
Lot 9
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled (Trees)
gouache and ink on paper

18½ x 13¾ in. (47 x 34.9 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$23,750
Lot 10
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled (Bathers)
gouache, ink and pencil on paper

13½ x 20 1/8 in. (34.3 x 51.1 cm.), image 15 x 22 in. (38 x 55.9 cm.) sheet
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$17,500
Lot 11
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled (Figures at the Market)
gouache and ink on paper laid on card

21 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (55.6 x 37.8 cm.) image, 24¾ x 17¾ in. (62.9 x 45.1 cm.) sheet
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$25,000
Lot 13
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Elder
oil on masonite board

22 5/8 x 17 5/8 in. (57.5 x 45 cm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$81,250
Lot 14
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Houses on a Green Hill
oil on board

36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 122 cm.)
estimate
$150,000 - $200,000

price realized
$339,750
Lot 15
SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)
Untitled (Benares)
watercolor on card

15 x 22 in. (28.1 x 55.9 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$15,000
Lot 16
SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)
Untitled (Landscape)
watercolor on card

22¼ x 15 in. (56.5 x 38.1 cm.)
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$12,500
Lot 17
K.C.S. PANIKER (1911-1977)
Untitled
watercolor on card

10 3/8 x 19 7/8 in. (26.4 x 50.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 18
HARI AMBADAS GADE (1917-2001)
Untitled
gouache on paper

29 1/8 x 21 3/8 in. (74 x 54.3 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$11,875
Lot 19
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Varanasi I
oil on canvas

26 7/8 x 67 1/8 in. (68.3 x 170.5 cm.)
estimate
$100,000 - $150,000

price realized
$243,750
Lot 20
SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)
Village en Fête
oil on canvas

81 5/8 x 74 7/8 in. (207.3 x 190.2 cm.)
estimate
$600,000 - $800,000

price realized
$1,859,750
Lot 21
SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)
Tam Soonya
acrylic on canvas

59 1/8 x 59 1/8 in. (150.2 x150.2 cm.)
estimate
$280,000 - $400,000

price realized
$291,750
Lot 22
SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)
Hut
oil on canvas

16 x 13 in. (40.6 x 33 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$42,500
Lot 23
SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)
Houses (Maisières)
oil on canvas

13 x 16 1/8 in. (33 x 41 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$37,500
Lot 24
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled
oil on canvas

37 x 26 in. (94 x 66 cm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$60,000
Lot 25
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Sa Penya Ibiza
oil on canvas

16 x 13 in. (40.6 x 33 cm.)
estimate
$45,000 - $60,000

price realized
$50,000
Lot 26
AVINASH CHANDRA (1931-1991)
Untitled
watercolor and pen on paper

18 x 23 in. (45.7 x 58.4 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $10,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 27
Avinash Chandra (1931-1991)
Untitled
watercolor and pen on paper

19 x 23 in. (48.3 x 24.1 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $10,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 28
SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)
Untitled
oil on card

29¾ x 20¾ in. (75.6 x 52.7 cm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$56,250
Lot 29
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Untitled
oil on canvas

39¾ x 29¾ in. (101 x 75.6 cm.)
estimate
$120,000 - $180,000

price realized
$171,750
Lot 30
KATTINGERI KRISHNA HEBBAR (1911-1996)
Untitled (Ajanta)
oil on canvas

30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm.)
estimate
$25,000 - $35,000

price realized
$30,000
Lot 31
VASUDEO S. GAITONDE (1924-2001)
Untitled
oil on canvas

39 3/8 x 29 7/8 in. (100 x 76 cm.)
estimate
$350,000 - $500,000

price realized
$693,750
Lot 32
ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI (1894-1975)
To the Pilgrimage
etching on paper

8 x 8 7/8 in. (20.3 x 22.5 cm.) plate; 11 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (29.5 x 32.1 cm.) sheet
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 33
ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI (1894-1975)
Untitled (Woman)
etching on paper

9 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (25.1 x 14.9 cm.) plate; 13¾ x 8¾ in. (34.9 x 22.2 cm.) sheet
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,500
Lot 34
ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI (1894-1975)
Untitled
watercolor on paper

22 3/8 x 17¾ in. (56.8 x 45.1 cm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$75,000
Lot 38
AISHA RAHIM (B. 1981)
Untitled
gouache on wasli

8¼ x 11 1/8 in. (21 x 28.2 cm.) image; 11½ x 14 1/8 in. (29.2 x 35.9 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,250
Lot 40
IMRAN QURESHI (B. 1972)
Moderate Enlightenment
gouache on wasli

12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$35,000
Lot 41
AYAZ JOKHIO (B. 1978)
Metamorphosis text
printed on paper laid on board

59½ x 39½ in. (151.1 x 100.3 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 42
RASHID RANA (B. 1968)
Ommatidia II (Salman Khan)
digital chromogenic print mounted on Diasec

30¾ x 29¾ in. (78.1 x 75.6 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 44
MOHAMMAD ALI TALPUR (B. 1976)
Untitled (Leeka)
oil on canvas

42¼ x 84 in. (107.3 x 213.4 cm.)
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$15,000
Lot 46
FARIDA BATOOL (B. 1970)
Thandi Sarak
lenticular print

36 x 22 in. (91.4 x 55.9 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 48
WASIM AHMED (B. 1976)
Untitled
gouache and silver leaf on wasli

19 5/8 x 14 in. (50 x 35.6 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 50
ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI (1894-1975)
Nightingale
gouache on paper

15 x 15 in. (38.1 x 38.1 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$27,500
Lot 52
JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN (1928-1994)
Untitled (Bird and Tree)
oil on canvas

45 x 32 in. (114.3 x 81.3 cm.)
estimate
$120,000 - $180,000

price realized
$327,750
Lot 53
KRISHEN KHANNA (B. 1925)
Untitled (Portrait of Ali Akbar Khan)
oil on canvas

53¼ x 47¼ in. (135.3 x 120 cm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$30,000
Lot 54
TYEB MEHTA (1925-2009)
Untitled
oil on canvas

47 7/8 x 37 1/8 in. (121.6 x 94.3 cm.)
estimate
$100,000 - $150,000

price realized
$243,750
Lot 56
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Untitled (Mirabai with Krishna)
oil on canvas

45¾ x 34 in. (116.2 x 86.4 cm.)
estimate
$50,000 - $70,000

price realized
$135,750
Lot 57
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Untitled (Three Heads)
oil on canvas

47 3/8 x 24 in. (119.4 x 61 cm.)
estimate
$250,000 - $350,000

price realized
$267,750
Lot 58
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Kobra
oil on canvas

49 7/8 x 40 1/8 in. (126.7 x 102 cm.)
estimate
$350,000 - $500,000

price realized
$423,750
Lot 59
NARAYAN SHRIDHAR BENDRE (1910-1992)
Untitled (Woman and Ganesha)
oil on canvas

58 3/8 x 35½ in. (148.3 x 90.2 cm.)
estimate
$60,000 - $80,000

price realized
$99,750
Lot 61
JAMINI ROY (1887-1972)
Untitled (Christ); Untitled (Women); Untitled (Horse)
gouache on card laid on linen; ink on paper laid on card

10 3/8 x 6½ in. (26.4 x 16.5 cm) image; 14¼ x 8¾ in.(36.2 x 22.2 cm.) sheet; 2 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (6.7 x 16.2 cm.) image; 7 3/8 x 10 in. (18.7 x 25.4 cm.) sheet; 6½ x 4¾ in. (16.5 x 12.1 cm.) image; 10 x 7 3/8 in. (25.4 x 18.7 cm.) sheet
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,500
Lot 62
JAMINI ROY (1887-1972)
Untitled (Musicians)
gouache on canvas

25 3/8 x 23½ in. (64.5 x 59.7 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $10,000

price realized
$16,250
Lot 63
JAMINI ROY (1887-1972)
Untitled (Krishna with a Gopi)
gouache on card

13¼ x 23 3/8 in. (33.7 x 59.4 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$10,625
Lot 64
JAMINI ROY (1887-1972)
Untitled (Male Dancer)
gouache on card

23 1/8 x 14 5/8 in. (58.7 x 37/1 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$11,875
Lot 65
JAMINI ROY (1887-1972)
Untitled (Couple on Elephant)
gouache on card

16 x 25½ in. (40.6 x 64.8 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 66
JAMINI ROY (1887-1972)
Untitled
gouache on card

16 1/8 x 30½ in. (41 x 77.5 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 67
JAMINI ROY (1887-1972)
Untitled
gouache on card

21 7/8 x 12 in. (55.6 x 30.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 68
JAMINI ROY (1887-1972)
Untitled (Dancing Yogini)
gouache on card

20½ x 11½ in. (52.1 x 29.2 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 69
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Untitled (Couple on a Horse)
oil on canvas

22 x 26 in. (55.9 x 66 cm.)
estimate
$60,000 - $80,000

price realized
$81,250
Lot 70
BIRESWAR SEN (1894-1974)
The Temple of Tungeswar
watercolor on card

2¼ x 3½ in. (5.7 x 8.9 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$2,375
Lot 72
INDRA DUGAR (1918-1989)
To the Field
watercolor on paper

15½ x 20 3/8 in. (39.4 x 51.8 cm.)
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$3,000
Lot 73
GAGANENDRANATH TAGORE (1867-1938)
My Love of My Country is as Big as I am; By the Sweat of My Brow I Tried to be...
pen and ink on paper

14 5/8 x 10 in. (37.1 x 25.4 cm.) each
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$5,625
Lot 75
SADANAND BAKRE (B. 1920)
Untitled (Still Life)
oil on board

20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 77
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Untitled
acrylic on canvas

88¼ x 44 1/8 in. (224.2 x 112 cm.)
estimate
$450,000 - $600,000

price realized
$507,750
Lot 78
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Untitled (Wedding Chariot)
oil on canvas

23 x 55 in. (59 x 139.7 cm.)
estimate
$100,000 - $150,000

price realized
$135,750
Lot 81
RAM KUMAR (B. 1924)
Composition
oil on canvas

23 3/8 x 35 in. (59.4 x 88.9 cm.)
estimate
$100,000 - $150,000

price realized
$93,750
Lot 82
SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)
Untitled
gouache on paper

18 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (47.3 x 60 cm.)
estimate
$18,000 - $22,000

price realized
$23,750
Lot 83
SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)
Eglise
oil on canvas

32 x 21 3/8 in. (81.3 x 54.3 cm.)
estimate
$50,000 - $70,000

price realized
$99,750
Lot 84
RINA BANERJEE (B. 1963)
In what seemed at first a monster's colonial dream, leprechauns of amber body...
mixed media on panel

71¾ x 47¾ in. (182.2 x 121.3 cm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$30,000
Lot 85
ATUL DODIYA (B. 1959)
Fool's House
oil, acrylic, marble dust and charcoal on canvas

96 x 60 in. (243.8 x 152.4 cm.)
estimate
$60,000 - $80,000

price realized
$75,000
Lot 88
T. V. SANTHOSH (B. 1968)
Stiching an Undefined Border
oil on canvas

47¾ x 71 7/8 in. (121.3 x 182.6 cm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$43,750
Lot 89
RAMESHWAR BROOTA (B. 1941)
Unidentified Soldier
oil on canvas scraped with blade

22 x 24 7/8 in. (55.9 x 63.2 cm.)
estimate
$40,000 - $60,000

price realized
$50,000
Lot 90
GANESH PYNE (B. 1937)
Ape and the Flower
tempera on canvas

15 x 19¼ in. (38.1 x 48.9 cm.)
estimate
$40,000 - $60,000

price realized
$56,250
Lot 91
BIKASH BHATTACHARJEE (1940-2006)
Untitled
conte, pastel and oil on paper laid on board

35¾ x 29 7/8 in. (90 x 75.9 cm.)
estimate
$18,000 - $22,000

price realized
$40,000
Lot 92
VIVAN SUNDARAM (B. 1943)
Re-take of Amrita
digital photomontage

22 x 10 in. (55.9 x 25.4 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$12,500
Lot 95
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled (Black Tondo Head)
oil on canvas

31½ in. (80 cm.) diameter
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$17,500
Lot 96
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Night Landscape
oil on canvas

23 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (60.6 x 50.5 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$40,000
Lot 97
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Mother & Child
oil on canvas

44¼ x 38¼ in. (112.4 x 97.2 cm.)
estimate
$100,000 - $150,000

price realized
$111,750
Lot 99
TYEB MEHTA (1925-2009)
Untitled (Two Figures)
ink on paper

15 x 9 in. (38.1 x 22.9 cm.)
estimate
$25,000 - $35,000

price realized
$30,000
Lot 100
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled (Portrait of a Man)
oil and pencil on card laid on board

21 x 14¼ in. (53.3 x 33.6 cm.) image; 21¼ x 15 1/8 in (54 x 38.4 cm.) sheet
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$35,000
Lot 101
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled (Head)
oil on canvas

43 5/8 x 27.78 in. (110.8 x 70.8 cm.)
estimate
$50,000 - $70,000

price realized
$68,750
Lot 102
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled (Three Priests)
watercolor, pen and ink on paper

7 7/8 x 10 in. (20 x 25.4 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,625
Lot 104
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled (Male Bust)
pen, ink and gouache on paper

10 3/8 x 8 in. (26.3 x 20.4 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 105
SHIAVAX CHAVDA (1914-1990)
Untitled (Three Tribal Men); Toddy Booth
gouache on card

16 1/8 x 20 in. (41 x 50.8 cm.); 20 x 13 1/8 in. (50.8 x 33.3 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 106
SHIAVAX CHAVDA (1914-1990)
Tribal Dance
gouache on card

7¾ x 21¾ in. (19.7 x 55.3 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$750
Lot 107
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
The Meeting
acrylic with oil finish on board

23¾ x 47 5/8 in. (60.3 x 121 cm.)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$43,750
Lot 108
KRISHNA SHAMRAO KULKARNI (1916-1994)
Untitled (Vrindaban)
oil on canvas

48 1/8 x 48 1/8 in. (122.2 x 122.2 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 109
B. PRABHA (1933-2001)
Untitled (Still Life)
oil on canvas

30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$12,500
Lot 110
B. PRABHA (1933-2001)
Untitled (Fisherwomen)
tempera on card

16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.6 x 50.5 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 113
MEERA MUKHERJEE (1923-1998)
Boatmen
bronze

estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$43,750
Lot 114
SARBARI ROY CHOUDHURY (1933-2012)
Untitled
bronze

12 x 11 x 7 in. (30.5 x 28 x 17.8 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$11,875
Lot 115
PRODOSH DASGUPTA (B. 1912)
Cradle
bronze

14 x 15 x 8 in. (35.5 x 38.1 x 20.3 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$15,000
Lot 118
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Untitled
serigraph on paper

19½ x 15¼ in. (49.5 x 38.7 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$13,750
Lot 119
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915-2011)
Untitled
chine collé on rice paper collage

24 x 33 in. (61 x 83.8 cm.) image; 30 x 44½ in. (76.2 x 113 cm.) sheet
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 121
ARPANA CAUR (B. 1954)
Untitled
oil on canvas

68½ x 44 5/8 in. (174 x 113.3 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$25,000
Lot 122
SHIAVAX CHAVDA (1914-1990)
Bharat Natayam Dancers (South India)
gouache on linen laid on card

24 7/8 x 28 3/8 in. (63.2 x 72.1 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 125
J. SULTAN ALI (1920-1990)
Milkmaid
oil on canvas

26¾ x 32½ in. (68 x 82.6 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 126
BIKASH BHATTACHARJEE (1940-2006)
Flood Dear Flood
oil on canvas

40 x 40 7/8 in. (101.6 x 106.4 cm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$50,000
Lot 127
SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)
Untitled (Paysage)
oil on board

22 x 20 1/8 in. (55.9 x 51.1cm.)
estimate
$25,000 - $35,000

price realized
$43,750
Lot 129
BIKASH BHATTACHARJEE (1940-2006)
Untitled
oil on canvas

28¼ x 22 in. (71.8 x 55.9 cm.)
estimate
$40,000 - $60,000

price realized
$50,000
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