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Indian Modern Art: Monsoon Online Auction
Indian Modern Art: Monsoon Online Auction

Ashvita’s is pleased to present the Monsoon Online Auction of Indian Modern Art. This auction includes a curated selection paintings, sculpture, prints and books that perfectly capture the dynamic artistic styles of the country. Featured in this auction are an illustrated album on Diwan-i-Ghalib by A R Chughtai, 1962 Sketches by F. N. Souza, Sculpture by S. Nandagopal, works by Krishen Khanna, Jamini Roy and K. Ramanujam

Sale No: 000030
( 28 lots )
14 September 2021, 10:00 AM to 15 September 2021, 11:26 PM
Bidding is closed

Auction Overview

No. Percentage
Total Lots 28 100%
Total Lots Sold 18 64%
Total Low Estimate Value 1,20,05,000
Total Sale Value 93,35,700

A list of the top 5 lots

Lot No. Lot Title Total Price (Incl. buyer’s premium) ()
Lot 24 Ram Kumar (1924 - 2018) 20,90,000
Lot 7 Jamini Roy (1887-1972) 13,75,000
Lot 23 Francis Newton Souza (1924 - 2002) 9,90,000
Lot 12 K. Ramanujam (1941 - 1973) 8,80,000
Lot 10 Francis Newton Souza (1924 - 2002) 6,05,000
Lot 2
Estimate  :   55,000 - 65,000
On offer is a set of seven volumes of the Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art edited by Abanindranath Tagore and art critic and historian Stella Kramrisch. Along with six books from the library of Karl Khandavala, ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
50,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 5000.00
Total
55,000
Lot 3
Estimate  :   1,25,000 - 2,25,000
Unparalleled in existence, this exquisite and extremely rare rendition is the first edition of Muraqqa-i-Chughtai illustrated and published by Abdur Rehman Chughtai in 1928. This edition is part of the 210 limited copies that ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
2,40,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 24000.00
Total
2,64,000
Lot 6
Estimate  :   15,000 - 25,000
This lot offers an oleograph of Bal Murari was originally painted by M V Dhurandhar in 1928 and printed by The Ravi Varma Press, Malavi - Lonavla, Bombay and distributed from the Ravi Varma Picture Press Depot. Dhurandhar was a ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
20,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 2000.00
Total
22,000
Lot 7
Estimate  :   15,00,000 - 18,00,000
Called the Father of Folk Renaissance in India, Jamini Roy created an alternate vision of modern Indian History. Roy's illustrious career seen through the turn of the century and across the threshold of Independence sparked ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
12,50,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 125000.00
Total
13,75,000
Lot 8
Estimate  :   2,00,000 - 3,00,000
‘I like using rich primary colours, which give a sense of character and depth to my paintings. Like reds and saffron and even orange, because these are essentially Indian colours. I don't like using colours that are a mix of ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
2,00,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 20000.00
Total
2,20,000
Lot 10
Estimate  :   5,00,000 - 6,00,000
In 1962, Francis Newton Souza was given a solo exhibit at Gallery One in London. For this show, he executed several sketches as studies for paintings he would make. Executed as a prepatory sketch, this work was eventually ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
5,50,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 55000.00
Total
6,05,000
Lot 11
Estimate  :   5,00,000 - 6,00,000
Souza had sketched his first nude at the young age of sixteen. For him, the body was a means to express both torment and fascination. The extraordinary voluptuousness of the female figures in Souza’s nudes are firmly rooted in ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
5,50,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 55000.00
Total
6,05,000
Lot 12
Estimate  :   8,00,000 - 12,00,000
Born into an orthodox Iyengar family in Triplicane, Madras, Ramanujam was often beset by strange visions and irrepressible fantasies. His speech was never distinct and his comprehension was fearfully at odds with that of those ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
8,00,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 80000.00
Total
8,80,000
Lot 14
Estimate  :   2,25,000 - 2,75,000
P. B Surendranath was born in 1931 attended Government College of Art and Crafts, Madras between 1949 and 1954 and studied alongside the likes of C J Anthony Das, A P Santhanaraj, L. Munuswamy under the esteemed D. P....
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
2,80,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 28000.00
Total
3,08,000
Lot 15
Estimate  :   4,00,000 - 6,00,000
Born in Simla in 1931, Avinash Chandra was among the first Indian artists to attain worldwide acclaim. Shortly after he graduated from the Delhi Polytechnic - where he also taught for two years - Chandra moved to London....
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
4,50,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 45000.00
Total
4,95,000
Lot 20
Estimate  :   5,00,000 - 6,00,000
It is easy to be impatient with the existing order of things when the mind is not attuned to the delight of creative search where the eyes see more than what is merely obvious. To young Nanadagopal, nothing in the ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
4,50,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 45000.00
Total
4,95,000
Lot 21
Estimate  :   75,000 - 1,25,000
The works of recently deceased artist P.Perumal (1935 - 2019) work is synonymous with the exploration of the life and people of a rural milieu. His engagement with this subject is reflective of his childhood days spent in the ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
61,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 6100.00
Total
67,100
Lot 23
Estimate  :   9,00,000 - 12,00,000
Francis Newton Souza (1924 - 2002) has been known to create a body of work based on the technique of altering printed magazines with the use of photo chemicals. While at first glance this artwork appears to be similar in ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
9,00,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 90000.00
Total
9,90,000
Lot 24
Estimate  :   22,00,000 - 25,00,000
Exhibited at and published for Lines and Colours, a solo show on the Modern Master, Ram Kumar (1924 - 2018) at Aakriti Art Gallery in 2016. The show was curated by poet and art critic, Prayag Shukla.  According to Shukla, ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
19,00,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 190000.00
Total
20,90,000
Lot 25
Estimate  :   1,50,000 - 2,00,000
For Francis Newton Souza (1924 - 2002), 1949 was an important year. He was gaining notoriety in Bombay circles for his 'erotic' art, faced rejection from the Art Society of India for his nudes and was charged with obscenity by ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
2,00,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 20000.00
Total
2,20,000
Lot 26
Estimate  :   1,50,000 - 2,00,000
Kalal Laxma Goud, is an Indian painter, printmaker, and draughtsman who works in a variety of mediums including etching, gouache, pastel, sculpture and glass painting. Goud was born in Nizampur, Medak district in Telangana on ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
1,40,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 14000.00
Total
1,54,000
Lot 27
Estimate  :   25,000 - 45,000
C. Douglas (b.1951) is the rarest of the rare Indian modernist artists who can capture his emotions in lines, colours, abstractions, and figurative allegories. Writing about Douglas’ early works, art critic Josef James records ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
26,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 2600.00
Total
28,600
Lot 28
Estimate  :   4,50,000 - 5,50,000
'One of the well known exponents of the folk style among contemporary Indian artists is Srinivasulu [Sreenivasulu], a man in his early forties, art teacher in Besant High School, Adyar. His contribution to contemporary Indian art ...
The lot has ended
Hammer Price :
4,20,000
+ Buyer premium (10 %)
 42000.00
Total
4,62,000
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